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EdScape Release Notes

Release Notes summarizes recent improvements we’ve made so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new.

What's New

August 28, 2023

April 14, 2023

EdScape now includes limited SY22-23 information. View more details and links below.

  • Chapter 1 - Population and Students describes the adult and child population of Washington, DC over time and neighborhood, as well as the public school student population.
    • *UPDATE* Total Population Trends: View the U.S. Census 2022 population estimate for Washington, DC in the context of Decennial counts since 1950.
    • *UPDATE* Number of Births and Birth Rates: Examine trends in the number and rate of births in Washington, DC between 1990 and 2021.
    • *UPDATE* Births to Kindergarten Enrollment Ratio: View and download the birth to kindergarten ratio, a calculation of the number of citywide public kindergarten enrollment for a certain school year divided by the number of citywide births five years earlier through SY25-26.
    • *UPDATE* Public School Enrollment over Time: View and download SY22-23 information. Data now available at the sector level.
    • *UPDATE* Public School Enrollment by Grade Level: View enrollment by grade band and download SY22-23 information.
    • *UPDATE* Where Public School Students Live: View and download SY22-23 information. The map and downloadable dataset now includes information disaggregated by DCPS High School Boundaries in addition to Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, 2022 ward boundaries, and neighborhood clusters. 
    • *UPDATE* Public School Students by Special Need Categories: View and download SY22-23 information.
    • *UPDATE* Private School Enrollment: View and download American Community Survey estimates of citywide private school enrollment from 2010 to 2021, as well as ward-level estimates for the five-year period, 2017 through 2021. Both the citywide and ward-level estimates included number and share, as well as margin of errors.
  • Chapter 2 - Public Schools describes the enrollment of Washington, DC's public schools by neighborhood and over time.
  • Chapter 4 - Enrollment Patterns describes the complex enrollment patterns of students living and going to school in Washington, DC.

February 27, 2023

EdScape now includes updated crime data from the Metropolitan Police Department's DC Crime Cards mapping application.

  • Chapter 5 - Neighborhood Factors describes the factors that can impact public school enrollment and the location of public school facilities. 
    • *UPDATE* Crime and Safety: View the number of property and violent crimes committed across the city in SY2021-22. 

October 11, 2022

EdScape now includes disaggregations by student race and ethnicity in two Distance to School dashboards.

July 28, 2022

EdScape now includes a Grade Progression Ratio dashboard which can be useful for enrollment projections.

  • Chapter 4 - Enrollment Patterns describes the complex enrollment patterns of students living and going to school in Washington, DC.
    • *NEW* Grade Progression Ratio: View and download SY13-14 to 21-22 information. The downloadable dataset now includes information citywide, as well as disaggregated by sector and school for SY13-14 through SY21-22. Filter school codes by LEA name.

July 11, 2022

EdScape now includes a Grade and Ward Enrollment trends dashboard.

  • Chapter 2 - Grade and Ward Enrollment Trends shows enrollment trends by grade and ward of the schools between SY13-14 through SY21-22. Trends for individual grades (or a selection of grades) by ward can also be viewed, and users can select either 2022 wards or 2012 wards to view the ward-level enrollment trends.

April 25, 2022

EdScape now includes SY21-22 information. View more details and links below.

  • Chapter 1 - Population and Students describes the adult and child population of Washington, DC over time and neighborhood, as well as the public school student population.
    • *UPDATE* Total Population Trends: View the U.S. Census 2020 population count and 2021 population estimate for Washington, DC in the context of Decennial counts since 1950.
    • *UPDATE* Adult and Youth Population Trends: View and download recent adult (18+ age) and child population (<17 age) trends including 2021 estimates from the U.S. Census.
    • *UPDATE* Number of Births and Birth Rates: View and download the most recent number of births. The number of births by ward is also now available.
    • *NEW* Births to Kindergarten Enrollment Ratio: View and download the birth to kindergarten ratio, a calculation of the number of citywide public kindergarten enrollment for a certain school year divided by the number of citywide births five years earlier.
    • *UPDATE* Public School Enrollment over Time: View and download SY21-22 information. Data now available at the sector level.
    • *UPDATE* Public School Enrollment by Grade Level: View enrollment by grade band and download SY21-22 information.
    • *UPDATE* Public School Enrollment by Race and Ethnicity: View and download SY21-22 information.
    • *UPDATE* Where Public School Students Live: View and download SY21-22 information. The map and downloadable dataset now includes information disaggregated by the Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, 2022 ward boundaries, 2012 ward boundaries, and neighborhood clusters. 
    • *UPDATE* Public School Students by Special Need Categories: View and download SY21-22 information.
    • *UPDATE* Where Students Receiving Special Education Services Live: View and download SY21-22 information by neighborhood cluster. The map and downloadable dataset now includes information disaggregated by the Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, 2022 ward boundaries, 2012 ward boundaries, and neighborhood clusters. 
    • *UPDATE* Where Students Identified as At Risk of Academic Failure Live: View and download SY21-22 information by neighborhood cluster. The map and downloadable dataset now includes information disaggregated by the Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, 2022 ward boundaries, 2012 ward boundaries, and neighborhood clusters. 
    • *UPDATE* Where English Learner Public School Students Live: View and download SY21-22 information by neighborhood cluster. The map and downloadable dataset now includes information disaggregated by the Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, 2022 ward boundaries, 2012 ward boundaries, and neighborhood clusters. 
    • *UPDATE* Private School Enrollment: View and download American Community Survey estimates of citywide private school enrollment from 2010 to 2019, as well as ward-level estimates for the five-year period, 2016 through 2019. Both the citywide and ward-level estimates included number and share, as well as margin of errors.
  • Chapter 2 - Public Schools describes the enrollment of Washington, DC's public schools by neighborhood and over time.
  • Chapter 3 - Public School Facilities describes the public school facilities located in Washington, DC. It includes information about the number and location of school buildings, their programmatic capacity, and utilization.
    • *NEW* Number of Public School Facilities: View and download SY21-22 information. Map vizualization now includes the ability to view by Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, neighborhood clusters, 2022 ward boundaries, or 2012 ward boundaries.
    • *NEW* Public School Facility Programmatic Capacity: View and download SY21-22 information. Map vizualization now includes the ability to view by Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, neighborhood clusters, 2022 ward boundaries, or 2012 ward boundaries.
    • *NEW* Utilization of Public School Facilities: View and download SY21-22 information. Map vizualization now includes the ability to view by Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, neighborhood clusters, 2022 ward boundaries, or 2012 ward boundaries.
    • *NEW* Unfilled Seats: View and download SY21-22 information. Map vizualization now includes the ability to view by Comprehensive Plan Planning Areas, neighborhood clusters, 2022 ward boundaries, or 2012 ward boundaries.
  • Chapter 4 - Enrollment Patterns describes the complex enrollment patterns of students living and going to school in Washington, DC.

June 15, 2021

EdScape now includes SY20-21 information. View more details and links below.

 

March 2, 2021

EdScape now includes SY19-20 information as well as American Community Survey (ACS) estimates through 2019.

  • Chapter 1 - Population and Students describes the adult and child population of Washington, DC over time and neighborhood, as well as the public school student population.

December 18, 2019

EdScape now includes school quality using DC's school accountability system, the STAR Framework. In addition, we've added the option to toggle school facility points on and off in several visualizations. View more details and links below.

  • Chapter 3 - Public School Facilities describes the public school facilities located in Washington, DC. It includes information about the number and location of school buildings, their programmatic capacity, and utilization.
    • *UPDATE* Number of Public School Facilities: View the number of public school facilities by the STAR Rating and sector of their schools for SY17-18 and SY18-19.
    • *UPDATE* Public School Facility Programmatic Capacity: View programmatic capacity by STAR Rating and sector. Filter maps of programmatic capacity by STAR Rating. Toggle school facility points on and off to understand which schools are located in each geography.
    • *UPDATE* Utilization of Public School Facilities: View Filter maps of facility utilization by STAR Rating. Toggle school facility points on and off to understand which schools are located in each geography.
    • *UPDATE* Unfilled Seats: View unfilled seats (capacity minus filled seats) by STAR Rating.
  • Chapter 4 - Enrollment Patterns describes the complex enrollment patterns of students living and going to school in Washington, DC.