Largest Schools in District of Columbia
District of Columbia has 243 public schools across 63 districts with a total enrollment of 91,341 students. The largest school is Jackson-Reed HS in Washington.
Largest Schools in District of Columbia
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson-Reed HS | Washington | 2,153 |
| 2 | District of Columbia International School | Washington | 1,590 |
| 3 | Columbia Heights Education Campus | Washington | 1,567 |
| 4 | Deal MS | Washington | 1,391 |
| 5 | Coolidge HS | Washington | 1,015 |
| 6 | Roosevelt HS | Washington | 913 |
| 7 | Lafayette ES | Washington | 892 |
| 8 | Dunbar HS | Washington | 868 |
| 9 | Eastern HS | Washington | 865 |
| 10 | Ingenuity Prep PCS | Washington | 788 |
Largest Districts in District of Columbia
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia Public Schools | 50,131 |
| 2 | Kipp Dc Pcs | 7,361 |
| 3 | Friendship PCS | 4,609 |
| 4 | DC Prep PCS | 2,128 |
| 5 | District of Columbia International School | 1,590 |
| 6 | Rocketship Education DC PCS | 1,493 |
| 7 | Center City PCS | 1,408 |
| 8 | E.L. Haynes PCS | 1,164 |
| 9 | Two Rivers PCS | 1,052 |
| 10 | Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS | 1,007 |
School data for District of Columbia is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in District of Columbia by enrollment is Jackson-Reed HS in Washington with 2,153 students.
District of Columbia has 243 public schools across 63 school districts, with a total enrollment of 91,341 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.