In SY2023-24, public schools in Congress Heights (Cluster 39) enroll the greatest number of African American students followed next by public schools located in Edgewood and Bloomingdale (Cluster 21). Public schools in Columbia Heights (Cluster 2) and Brightwood Park and Petworth (Cluster 18) enroll the most Hispanic students. Public schools in Friendship Heights (Cluster 11) and Union Station, Stanton Park, Kingman Park (Cluster 25) enroll the most white students.
As a percent of total public school enrollment, schools located in neighborhood clusters located to the immediate west and east of the Anacostia River have the highest share of African American students, while schools located in neighborhood clusters in the far northwest enroll the greatest share of white students. Schools in Columbia Heights (Cluster 2), Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan (Cluster 1), Brightwood Park and Petworth (Cluster 18), Takoma and Brightwood (Cluster 17), and Lamont Riggs (Cluster 19) enroll proportionately more Hispanic students than the total public school enrollment. These neighborhoods are also where the most English learner students live.
New for SY2023-24, users can now display public school enrollment by Ward (2022), Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas and DCPS high school boundary in addition to neighborhood cluster.
