In addition to varying widely by grade level and enrollment category, students in some wards of the city travel farther than others. Examining travel distances by ward boundaries, students living in Wards 5, 7, and 8 travel farther than the city median, while students in Wards 1, 2, and 3 travel the shortest median distance. Walk distances by ward have trended up slightly in Wards 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8 since SY2013-14. Walk distances in Ward 4 have trended down slightly since SY13-14.
Citywide Walk Distance from Home to School by Ward, SY13-14 to SY24-25
Source: OSSE Audited Enrollment, SY13-14 to SY24-25
The map below displays the median and average distances that students travel from home to school by DCPS high school boundaries, wards, Comprehensive Planning Areas, and neighborhood clusters. The map can also be filtered by enrollment type and by race/ethnicity. Students living in the DCPS high school boundaries of Anacostia HS, Ballou HS, and H.D. Woodson HS who attend an out of boundary DCPS school travel the farthest median distance, while out of boundary students living in the DCPS boundaries of Jackson-Reed HS, Cardozo EC, and Roosevelt HS travel the shortest median distances. Students who travel the farthest to attend public charter schools include students who live in the boundaries of MacArthur HS, Jackson-Reed HS, H.D. Anacostia HS, and Woodson HS.
Walk Distance from Home to School by Geography, SY13-14 to SY24-25
Source: OSSE Audited Enrollment, SY13-14 to SY24-25
