Chapter 3 describes the public school facilities located in Washington, DC. It includes information about the number and location of school buildings, the amount of students they can enroll (programmatic capacity), and how full (utilized) the facilities are. Some questions that this chapters helps answer are:
- How many public school facilities are in there in Washington, DC and where are they located?
- How many students can the public school facilities hold?
- How full are Washington, DC’s public school facilities, or what are their utilization rates?
Number of Public School Facilities: A view of the number of facilities occupied by public schools (DCPS and Public charter) between SY2013-14 to SY2025-26.
Public School Facility Locations and Changes: A map of locations of public school facilities in SY2025-26 and how those have changed since SY2024-25, inclusive of any changes in grades served in the locations.
Public School Facility Programmatic Capacity: A historical view of the total capacity of public school facilities between SY2013-14 and SY2025-26 with a map displaying breakdowns of total capacities by Ward and other geographies.
Utilization of Public School Facilities: The total utilization of public school facilities from SY2013-14 through SY2025-26 with geographic breakdowns by Ward and other geographies.
Unfilled Seats: Explore how the number of unfilled seats across all public school facilities has changed over time, by sector and geographies between SY2013-14 and SY2025-26.
DCPS Public School Facility Modernizations: View DCPS public school facility modernizations over time, broken down by type of project and Ward. This page also contains an interactive map containing all completed and planned modernization projects.