Washington, DC Schools

Washington, DC is home to some of the nation's top-rated schools. There are a variety of public and private institutions available to meet the needs of students in the city. These schools offer rigorous curriculum, experienced teachers, and competitive extracurriculars that allow students to excel both in the classroom and beyond. With access to incredible resources such as museums, historical sites, and monuments, Washington DC provides a unique learning environment for students of all ages. Students attending DC schools benefit from small class sizes and a wealth of educational opportunities that help them reach their full potential.

Name	Grades	Type	Rating
Academia DE La Recta Porta ICDS	PK - 12	Private
Academy of Hope Adult PCS	AE - AE	Regular
Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS Middle School	04 - 08	Regular	9
Achievement Preparatory PCS Elementary	KG - 03	Regular
Aidan Montessori School	UG - UG	Private
Aiton ES	PK - 05	Regular	2
Amidon Bowen ES	PK - 05	Regular	3
Anacostia SHS	09 - 12	Regular	3
Annunciation Catholic School	PK - 08	Private
Appletree Early Learning Center PCS Amidon	PK - PK	Regular
Appletree Early Learning Center PCS Columbia Heights	PK - PK	Regular
Appletree Early Learning Center PCS Lincoln Park	PK - PK	Regular
Appletree Early Learning Center PCS Oklahoma	PK - PK	Regular
Appletree Early Learning Center PCS Parkland	PK - PK	Regular
Appletree Early Learning Center PCS Southwest Amidon	PK - PK	Regular
Appletree Early Learning PCS Southeast Douglas Knoll	PK - PK	Regular
Archbishop Carroll High School	09 - 12	Private
Arts and Technology PCS	PK - 05	Regular	4
Ballou SHS	09 - 12	Regular	2
Ballou Stay	AE - AE	Alternative Education
Bancroft ES	PK - 05	Regular	6
Barnard ES	PK - 05	Regular	7
Basis DC PCS	05 - 10	Regular	10
Beauvoir the National Cathedral Elementary School	PK - 03	Private
Beers ES	PK - 05	Regular	6
Benjamin Banneker Academy HS	09 - 12	Regular	10
Bishop John T Walker School for Boys	PK - 04	Private
Booker T Washington PCS	09 - 12	Regular	3
Brent ES	PK - 05	Regular	9
Bridges PCS	PK - 02	Regular
Brightwood EC	PK - 08	Regular	5
British School of Washington	PK - 12	Private
Briya Public Charter School	AE - AE	Regular
Brookland EC At Bunker Hill	PK - 08	Regular	4
Brookland Ms	2 - 2	Regular
Browne EC	PK - 08	Regular	3
Bruce Monroe ES At Park View	PK - 05	Regular	6
Burroughs EC	PK - 08	Regular	6
Burrville ES	PK - 05	Regular	5
C W Harris ES	PK - 05	Regular	3
Calvary Christian Academy	PK - 08	Private
Capital City HS PCS	09 - 12	Regular
Capital City Lower PCS	PK - 04	Regular	6
Capital City Middle School PCS	05 - 08	Regular
Capitol Hill Day School	PK - 08	Private
Capitol Hill Montessori School At Logan	PK - 07	Regular
Cardozo EC	06 - 12	Regular	3
Carlos Rosario International PCS Harvard Street Campus	AE - AE	Regular
Cedar Tree Academy PCS	PK - KG	Regular
Center City Brightwood Campus PCS	PK - 08	Regular	8
Center City Capitol Hill Campus PCS	PK - 08	Regular	5
Center City Congress Heights Campus PCS	PK - 08	Regular	6
Center City Petworth Campus PCS	PK - 08	Regular	6
Center City Shaw Campus PCS	PK - 08	Regular	6
Center City Trinidad Campus PCS	PK - 08	Regular	4
Cesar Chavez for Public Policy Capitol Hill PCS	09 - 12	Regular	7
Cesar Chavez for Public Policy Parkside Ms PCS	06 - 08	Regular	6
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy Chavez Prep.	06 - 09	Regular	8
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy Parkside HS	09 - 12	Regular	8
Child and Family Services Regular Ed	2 - 2	Alternative Education
Choice Academy At Emery	09 - 11	Alternative Education	1
Christian Family Montessori	PK - 06	Private
Cleveland ES	PK - 05	Regular	9
Columbia Heights EC	06 - 12	Regular	6
Community Academy Amos 5	PK - 05	Regular	9
Community Academy Amos I	PK - 05	Regular	6
Community Academy Amos II	PK - 01	Regular
Community Academy Amos III	PK - 05	Regular	3
Community Academy Capcs Online	KG - 08	Regular	9
Community College Preparatory Academy PCS	AE - AE	Regular
Coolidge SHS	09 - 12	Regular	4
Creative Minds International PCS	PK - 04	Regular
D C Bilingual PCS	PK - 05	Regular	8
D C Prep. Benning Elementary PCS	PK - 03	Regular	8
D C Prep. Edgewood Elementary PCS	PK - 03	Regular	10
D C Prep. Edgewood Middle Campus PCS	04 - 08	Regular	10
D C Preparatory Benning Middle Campus	04 - 05	Regular
Davis ES	PK - 05	Regular
DC Scholars PCS	PK - 05	Regular
DC Youth Re Engagement Center	2 - 2	Alternative Education
Deal Ms	06 - 08	Regular	10
Democracy Prep. Congress Heights PCS	PK - 06	Regular
District of Columbia International School	06 - 07	Regular
Dorothy Heights	2 - 2	Regular
Drew ES	PK - 05	Regular	2
Dunbar HS	09 - 12	Regular	3
DuPont Park Adventist School	PK - 08	Private
Eagle Academy PCS Eagle Center At McGogney	PK - 03	Regular	9
Eagle Academy PCS New Jersey Avenue Campus	PK - 03	Regular
Early Childhood Academy PCS	PK - 03	Regular
Early Childhood Academy PCS Walter Washington	03 - 03	Regular	8
Eastern HS	09 - 12	Regular	6
Eaton ES	PK - 05	Regular	10
Edmund Burke School	06 - 12	Private
El Haynes High School	09 - 12	Regular	8
El Haynes PCS Elementary School	PK - 04	Regular
El Haynes PCS Middle School	05 - 08	Regular	7
Eliot HINE Ms	06 - 08	Regular	4
Ellington School of the Arts	09 - 12	Regular	10
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Communtiy Freedom PCS	PK - 05	Regular	8
Emerson Preparatory School	09 - 12	Private
Excel Academy PCS Dream	PK - 03	Regular	7
Excel Academy PCS Lead	04 - 06	Regular
Ferebee Hope ES	PK - 05	Regular
Friendship PCS Armstrong	2 - 2	Regular
Friendship PCS Blow Pierce	PK - PK	Regular	3
Friendship PCS Blow Pierce Elementary	PK - 03	Regular
Friendship PCS Blow Pierce Middle	04 - 08	Regular
Friendship PCS Chamberlain	PK - PK	Regular	6
Friendship PCS Chamberlain Elementary	PK - 03	Regular
Friendship PCS Chamberlain Middle	04 - 08	Regular
Friendship PCS Online	2 - 2	Regular
Friendship PCS Southeast Academy	PK - 05	Special Education	5
Friendship PCS Tech Prep.	06 - 12	Regular	5
Friendship PCS Technology Preparatory High	2 - 2	Regular
Friendship PCS Woodridge Campus	PK - PK	Regular	5
Friendship PCS Woodridge Elementary	PK - 03	Regular
Friendship PCS Woodridge Middle	04 - 08	Regular
Friendship PCS Woodson Collegiate Campus	09 - 12	Regular	4
Garfield ES	PK - 05	Regular	3
Garrison ES	PK - 05	Regular	6
Georgetown Day School	PK - 12	Private
Georgetown Montessori School	PK - KG	Private
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School	09 - 12	Private
Gonzaga College High School	09 - 12	Private
H D Cooke ES	PK - 05	Regular	4
Hardy Ms	06 - 08	Regular	8
Harmony DC PCS School of Excellence	KG - 05	Regular
Hart Ms	06 - 08	Regular	3
Hearst ES	PK - 05	Regular	8
Hendley ES	PK - 05	Regular	2
High Road Academy-Primary and Middle	02 - 08	Private
High Road School	02 - 08	Private
Holy Trinity School	PK - 08	Private
Hope Community PCS Lamond Campus	PK - 05	Regular	4
Hope Community PCS Tolson Campus	PK - 08	Regular	6
Hospitality High School	09 - 12	Regular	5
Houston ES	PK - 05	Regular	3
Howard Road Academy PCS MLK Campus	07 - 08	Regular
Howard Road Academy PCS Pennsylvania Avenue	PK - KG	Regular
Howard University Early Learning Program	PK - KG	Private
Howard University Middle School of Math and Science PCS	06 - 08	Regular	9
Hyde Addison ES	PK - 05	Regular	9
Idea PCS	09 - 12	Regular	7
Ideal Academy PCS North Capitol Street Campus ES	PK - 08	Regular	6
Imagine Southeast PC	PK - 06	Regular	3
Incarcerated Youth Program Correctional Detention Facility	09 - 12	Alternative Education
Ingenuity Prep. PCS	PK - 01	Regular
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	PK - 06	Regular	3
J O Wilson ES	PK - 05	Regular	7
Janney ES	PK - 05	Regular	10
Jefferson Middle School Academy	06 - 08	Regular
Jefferson Ms	06 - 08	Regular	6
Jewish Primary Day School Nations Capital	PK - 06	Private
Johnson John Hayden Ms	06 - 08	Regular	3
Just United States Kids	PK - KG	Private
Kelly Miller Ms	06 - 08	Regular	5
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School	PK - 08	Private
Kenilworth ES	PK - 05	Regular
Ketcham ES	PK - 05	Regular	5
Key ES	PK - 05	Regular	10
Kimball ES	PK - 05	Regular	4
King M L ES	PK - 05	Regular	3
Kingsbury Day School	KG - 12	Private
Kingsman Academy	2 - 2	Regular
KIPP DC Aim PCS Academy PCS	05 - 08	Regular	8
KIPP DC Arts and Technology Academy PCS	PK - KG	Regular
KIPP DC College Prep. PCS	06 - 12	Regular	9
KIPP DC Connect Academy	PK - KG	Regular
KIPP DC Discover PCS	PK - KG	Regular
KIPP DC Grow Academy PCS	PK - KG	Regular
KIPP DC Heights Academy PCS	01 - 04	Regular
KIPP DC Key Academy PCS	03 - 08	Regular	9
KIPP DC Lead Academy	01 - 03	Regular
KIPP DC Leap Academy PCS	PK - KG	Regular
KIPP DC Middle School #5 Academy PCS	2 - 2	Regular
KIPP DC Northeast Academy PCS	05 - 06	Regular
KIPP DC Promise PCS	01 - 04	Regular	8
KIPP DC Quest Academy PCS	01 - 05	Regular
KIPP DC Spring Academy	01 - 01	Regular
KIPP DC Will Academy PCS	04 - 08	Regular	8
Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington DC	08 - 12	Private
Kramer Ms	06 - 08	Regular	2
Kuumba Learning Center	PK - 10	Private
Lafayette ES	PK - 05	Regular	10
Langdon EC	PK - 08	Regular	6
Langley EC	PK - 05	Regular	5
Lasalle Backus EC	PK - 08	Regular	3
Lashawn DCPS Non Public	2 - 2	Regular
Latin America Montessori Bilingual Lamb PCS	PK - 05	Regular	10
Latin America Youth Center Career Academy	UG - UG	Regular
Leckie ES	PK - 05	Regular	7
Lee Montessori PCS	PK - 01	Regular
Lowell School	PK - 08	Private
Ludlow Taylor ES	PK - 05	Regular	7
Luke Moore Alternative HS	09 - 12	Regular	2
M C Terrell McGogney ES	PK - 05	Special Education
Macfarland Ms	06 - 08	Regular
Malcolm X ES At Green	PK - 05	Regular	4
Mamie D Lee School	01 - 12	Special Education
Mann ES	PK - 05	Regular	10
Maret School	KG - 12	Private
Marie Reed ES	PK - 05	Regular	7
Marshall ES	PK - 05	Regular
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS Slowe Campus	PK - 08	Regular	6
Maury ES	PK - 05	Regular	8
Maya Angelou PCS Evans High School	09 - 12	Regular	4
Maya Angelou PCS Evans Middle School	07 - 08	Regular	4
Maya Angelou Young Adult Learning Center	AE - AE	Alternative Education
McKinley Middle School	06 - 08	Regular
McKinley Technology HS	09 - 12	Regular	10
Meridian PCS	PK - 08	Regular	7
Metropolitan Day School	PK - 05	Private
Miner ES	PK - 05	Regular	2
Model Secondary School for the Deaf	09 - 12	Private
Montessori School of Chevy Chase	PK - KG	Private
Monument Academy	2 - 2	Regular
Moten ES	PK - 05	Regular
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS	PK - 03	Regular
Murch ES	PK - 05	Regular	10
Nalle ES	PK - 05	Regular	6
Nation House	KG - 06	Private
National Cathedral School	04 - 12	Private
National Children's Center	UG - UG	Private
National Childrens Center Se	UG - UG	Private
National Collegiate Prep. PCS	09 - 12	Regular	4
National Presbyterian School	PK - 06	Private
Naylor Road School	KG - 08	Private
Noyes ES	PK - 08	Regular	3
Options PCS	07 - 12	Regular	2
ORR ES	PK - 05	Regular	3
Our Lady of Victory School	PK - 08	Private
Oyster Adams Bilingual School Oyster	PK - 08	Regular	10
Parkmont School	06 - 12	Private
Patterson ES	PK - 05	Regular	2
Paul PCS International HS	09 - 11	Regular
Paul PCS Middle School	06 - 08	Regular	8
Payne ES	PK - 05	Regular	4
Peabody ES Capital Hill Cluster	PK - KG	Regular
Perry Street Prep. PCS	PK - 12	Regular	5
Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS	09 - 12	Regular	6
Plummer ES	PK - 05	Regular	4
Potomac Preparatory PCS	PK - 08	Regular	5
Powell ES	PK - 05	Regular	6
Pre-K Incentive Program	2 - 2	Regular
Preparatory School of DC	PK - 12	Private
Prospect LC	UG - UG	Special Education
Psychiatric Inst. of Washington (Sped)	KG - 12	Private
Randall Hyland Private School	PK - KG	Private
Randle Highlands ES	PK - 05	Regular	4
Raymond EC	PK - 08	Regular	5
Residential Schools	2 - 2	Regular
Rhema Christian Center School	KG - 12	Private
Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts PCS	08 - 12	Regular	5
River School	PK - 03	Private
Ron Brown Ms	06 - 08	Regular
Roosevelt HS At Macfarland	09 - 12	Regular	4
Roosevelt Stay At Macfarland	AE - AE	Alternative Education
Roots Activity Learning Center	PK - 08	Private
Roots PCS	PK - 05	Regular
Ross ES	PK - 05	Regular	9
Sacred Heart School	PK - 08	Private
San Miguel School	06 - 08	Private
Savoy ES	PK - 05	Regular	2
School Within School At Goding	PK - 03	Regular
School Without Walls At Francis Stevens	PK - 08	Regular	6
School Without Walls HS	09 - 12	Regular	10
Seaton ES	PK - 05	Regular	6
Seed PCS of Washington DC	06 - 12	Regular	7
SELA PCS	PK - 02	Regular
Sharpe Health School	02 - 12	Special Education
Shaw Ms At Garnet Patterson	06 - 08	Regular
Shepherd ES	PK - 05	Regular	9
Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS	PK - 03	Regular
Sidwell Friends School	PK - 12	Private
Simon ES	PK - 05	Regular	4
Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center	PK - KG	Private
Smothers ES	PK - 05	Regular	2
Somerset Preparatory Academy PCS	06 - 09	Regular
Sousa Ms	06 - 08	Regular	4
Spingarn SHS	09 - 12	Regular
Spingarn Stay	2 - 2	Alternative Education
St. Albans School	04 - 12	Private
St. ANNS Academy	KG - 08	Private
St. Anthony Catholic School	PK - 08	Private
St. Augustine Catholic School	PK - 08	Private
St. Coletta Special Education PCS	PK - KG	Special Education
St. Francis Xavier Catholic School	PK - 08	Private
St. Johns College High School	09 - 12	Private
St. Patrick S Episcopal Day School	PK - 08	Private
St. Peter School	PK - 08	Private
St. Thomas More Catholic	PK - 08	Private
Stanton ES	PK - 05	Regular	4
Stoddert ES	PK - 05	Regular	10
Stuart Hobson Ms Capitol Hill Cluster	06 - 08	Regular	8
Takoma EC	PK - 08	Regular	5
The Bridges Academy	PK - 08	Private
The Childrens Guild	2 - 2	Regular
The Episcopal Center for Children	KG - 06	Private
The Field School	06 - 12	Private
The French Maternal School	PK - KG	Private
The Lab School of Washington	07 - 12	Private
The Monroe School	07 - 12	Private
The Next Step PCS	UG - UG	Regular
The Next Step PCS Adult	10 - 12	Regular
The School for Ethics and Global Leadership	11 - 11	Private
Thomas ES	PK - 05	Regular	5
Thomson ES	PK - 05	Regular	7
Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	09 - 12	Regular	9
Tree of Life Community PCS	PK - 08	Regular	5
Truesdell EC	PK - 08	Regular	5
Tubman ES	PK - 05	Regular	8
Tuition Grant DCPS Non Public	2 - 2	Regular
Turner ES	PK - 05	Regular	3
Two Rivers PCS ES	PK - 08	Regular	8
Two Rivers PCS Young	2 - 2	Regular
Tyler ES	PK - 05	Regular	5
Village Academy	07 - 12	Private
Walker Jones EC	PK - 08	Regular	2
Washington Global	2 - 2	Regular
Washington International School	PK - 12	Private
Washington Jesuit Academy	05 - 08	Private
Washington Latin PCS Middle School	05 - 08	Regular	9
Washington Latin PCS Upper School	09 - 12	Regular	9
Washington Math Science Tech PCS	09 - 12	Regular	7
Washington Metropolitan HS Formerly Yea	09 - 12	Alternative Education	2
Washington Middle School for Girls	04 - 08	Private
Washington YU Ying PCS	PK - 05	Regular	9
Watkins ES Capitol Hill Cluster	01 - 05	Regular	8
West EC	PK - 08	Regular	9
Wheatley EC	PK - 08	Regular	4
Whittier EC	PK - 08	Regular	4
William E DOAR PCS NW Soldiers Home	PK - 07	Regular
William E. DOAR Junior PCS for the Performing Arts	PK - 08	Regular
Wilson HS	09 - 12	Regular	8
Winston EC	PK - 08	Regular
Woodson H D HS	09 - 12	Regular	3
Youth Services Center	06 - 11	Alternative Education
Youthbuild PCS	UG - UG	Alternative Education
Name	Grades	Type	Rating

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