Users can select different geographies (wards, DCPS high school boundaries, Comprehensive Plan planning areas, or neighborhood clusters) to view where students receiving special education services live. Wards 8 and 7 have the greatest number of students receiving special education services. As a share of public school students living within the ward, Wards 8, 7, and 1 have the greatest shares of the public school students receiving special education services (between 18% and 19% each).
At the neighborhood cluster level, the greatest number of students receiving special education services live in Congress Heights (Cluster 39); Columbia Heights and Mt Pleasant (Cluster 2); and Brightwood Park and Petworth (Cluster 18). The share of special education students within each neighborhood cluster ranges from 23% in the Southwest Waterfront (Cluster 9) to 6% in the Spring Valley, Palisades area (Cluster 13).
Where Special Education Students Live by Varying Geographies, SY13-14 to SY23-24
Source: OSSE Audited Enrollment, SY13-14 to SY23-24
