District of Columbia Public Schools

District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is the traditional public school system of Washington, D.C. in the United States.

Composition and enrollment

DCPS consists of 168 schools and learning centers, which break down into 101 elementary schools, 11 middle schools, 9 junior high schools, 20 senior high schools, 6 education centers, and 20 special schools. As of 2003, the school system included 65,099 students, including 39,161 at the elementary level, 4,638 in middle schools, 5,111 in junior high schools, and 12,311 high school students, as well as 1,273 in alternative programs and special education schools. DCPS has a diverse student population with more than 112 different home languages that represent 138 different nationalities. The ethnic breakdown of students enrolled is 84.4% African American, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% Caucasian, and 1.6% Asian.

By the 2005–2006 school year, enrollment had dropped to 58,000 students. In 2010 about 38% of Washington, D.C. public school students attended 60 charter schools.^[1] Some of these are overseen by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board) and others of which are overseen by DCPS.^[2] Some families in Washington, D.C. place their children in private schools instead of DCPS schools.

Analyzing test results from the 2004–2005 school year, the Progressive Policy Institute found that 54% of D.C. charter school students were reported as proficient in math, compared with 44% of students in traditional schools. Charter students also scored higher than their counterparts in reading.^[3]

Governance

For the school year ending in Spring 2007, the DCPS was governed by the D.C. Board of Education, with eleven members, including two students who had the right to debate but not to vote. Five members were elected and four were appointed by the Mayor. The Board established DCPS policies and employed a superintendent to serve as chief executive officer of the school district, responsible for day-to-day operations. Four Board members represented specific geographical boundaries and the Board President was elected at large.

Beginning in Fall 2007, the DCPS is administered directly from the Office of the Mayor. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty proposed putting the public schools under the direct control of the Mayor's Office upon taking office in January 2007. The D.C. Council passed the Mayor's proposal into law but since the change amended the Home Rule Act, the change needed to gain Federal approval before taking effect. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced H.R. 2080, a bill to amend the D.C. Home Rule Charter Act to provide for the Mayor's proposal. H.R. 2080 was passed by the United States House of Representatives under an expedited procedure on May 8, 2007 by a voice vote. After three U.S. Senators (Ben Cardin of Maryland, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and Carl Levin of Michigan) initially placed "holds" on the bill to prevent its consideration in the United States Senate, the Senate agreed to pass H.R. 2080 without amendment on May 22, 2007 by unanimous consent. On May 31, 2007, the bill was presented to the President and President Bush signed H.R. 2080 into law on June 1, 2007. After the standard Congressional review period expired on June 12, 2007, the Mayor's office had direct control of the Superintendent and the school budget. On June 12, Mayor Fenty appointed Michelle Rhee the new Chancellor, replacing Superintendent Clifford B. Janey.

Budget

The budget for FY 2009–10 was $773 million.^[4]

Statistics

In 2008, in terms of testing 36% of students demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and 39% demonstrated proficiency in reading.^[5]

The average educator was paid $67,000 in 2010. A contract signed in 2010 was expected to raise that figure to $81,000 in 2012.^[6]

Schools and locations

All DCPS schools are located in Washington, D.C., except Maya Angelou Academy which is located in Laurel, Maryland.

High schools

School Name	Students*	Low grade	High grade
Anacostia High School	693	9th	12th
Associates For Renewal In Education Public Charter School (PSC)**	65	9th	12th
Ballou High School	964	9th	12th
Banneker High School	390	9th	12th
Bell Multicultural High School	672	9th	12th
Booker T. Washington Public Charter School	171	9th	12th
Business & Finance School-Within-a-School Charter (SWSC) Woodson	202	9th	12th
Cardozo High School	749	9th	12th
Cesar Chavez Public Policy PCS**	252	9th	12th
Choice Senior High School Program	33	9th	12th
Calvin Coolidge High School	843	9th	12th
Dunbar High School	931	9th	12th
Eastern High School	968	9th	12th
Duke Ellington School of the Arts	485	9th	12th
Howard D. Woodson High School	571	9th	12th
Integrated Design Electronics Academy PCS**	232	9th	12th
Jose-Arz Academy PCS**	56	9th	12th
Kamit Institute PCS**	76	9th	12th
Marriott Hospitality PCS**	120	9th	12th
Maya Angelou PCS—Evans campus**	120	9th	12th
Maya Angelou PCS—Shaw campus**	110	9th	12th
McKinley Technology High School	800	9th	12th
Luke C. Moore Academy Senior High School	264	9th	12th
Next Step PCS**	65	9th	12th
Pre-Engineering SWSC Dunbar	147	9th	12th
Theodore Roosevelt High School	821	9th	12th
School Without Walls	350	9th	12th
Joel Elias Spingarn High School	609	9th	12th
Washington Center Special Education	61	9th	12th
M.M. Washington Career High School	329	9th	12th
Washington Math/Science/Technology PCS**	292	9th	12th
Woodrow Wilson High School	1476	9th	12th

Middle and junior high schools

School Name	Students*	Low grade	High grade
Backus Middle School	569	6th	8th
Barbara Jordan PCS**	55	5th	8th
Brown Ronald Middle School	496	6th	8th
Browne Junior High School	459	7th	9th
Choice Middle Program	15	6th	8th
Alice Deal Middle School	773	6th	8th
Eliot Junior High School	320	7th	9th
Evans Middle School	259	6th	8th
Francis Junior High School	403	7th	9th
Garnet-Patterson Middle School	327	6th	8th
Hardy Middle School	420	6th	8th
Hart Middle School	578	7th	8th
Hine Junior High School	675	7th	9th
Jefferson Junior High School	882	7th	9th
Johnson Junior High School	646	7th	9th
Kelly Miller Middle School	400	6th	8th
Kipp Dc/Key Academy**	160	5th	8th
Kramer Middle School	369	6th	8th
Lincoln Middle School	397	6th	8th
Macfarland Middle School	671	6th	8th
Moten Elementary School	348	4th	6th
Options PCS**	147	5th	8th
Paul JHS PCS**	586	6th	8th
Sasha Bruce PCS**	88	6th	8th
Shaw Junior High School	534	7th	9th
Sousa Middle School	420	6th	8th
Stuart-Hobson Middle School	386	5th	8th
Terrell Center	32	7th	9th
Terrell Junior High School	294	7th	9th

Elementary schools

School Name	Students*	Low grade	High grade
Barnard Elementary School	327	Prekindergarten	5th
Beers Elementary School	444	Prekindergarten	6th
Benning Elementary School	237	Prekindergarten	6th
Birney Elementary School	529	Prekindergarten	5th
Bowen Elementary School	294	Prekindergarten	6th
Brent Elementary School	295	Prekindergarten	5th^[7]
Brightwood Elementary School	503	Prekindergarten	6th
Brookland Elementary School	358	Prekindergarten	6th (CLOSED)
Bruce-Monroe Elementary School	370	Prekindergarten	6th
Bunker Hill Elementary School	421	Prekindergarten	7th
Burroughs Elementary School	265	Prekindergarten	6th
Burrville Elementary School	325	Prekindergarten	6th
Capital City PCS**	181	Prekindergarten	7th
Children Studio School PCS**	115	Prekindergarten	6th
Clark Elementary School	298	Prekindergarten	5th
Cleveland Elementary School	238	Prekindergarten	5th
Community Academy PCS**	466	Prekindergarten	6th
Consolidated Headstart	79	Prekindergarten	Prekindergarten
Cook Elementary School	248	Prekindergarten	6th
Cooke Elementary School	416	Prekindergarten	6th
Davis Elementary School	338	Prekindergarten	5th
Draper Elementary School	312	Prekindergarten	6th
Drew Elementary School	313	Prekindergarten	6th
Eaton Elementary School	413	Prekindergarten	6th
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS**	208	Kindergarten	6th
Emery Elementary School	367	Prekindergarten	6th
Emilia Reggio	83	Prekindergarten	Kindergarten
Ferebee-Hope Elementary School	314	Prekindergarten	5th
Fletcher Johnson Ed Complex	528	Prekindergarten	8th
Gage Eckington Elementary	364	Prekindergarten	6th
Garfield Elementary School	520	Prekindergarten	6th
Garrison Elementary School	386	Prekindergarten	6th
Gibbs Elementary School	528	Prekindergarten	6th
Green Elementary School	411	Prekindergarten	6th
Harris Elementary School	533	Prekindergarten	6th
Harris P R Educational Center	917	Prekindergarten	8th
Hearst Elementary School	159	Prekindergarten	5th
Hendley Elementary School	405	Prekindergarten	6th
Houston Elementary School	338	Prekindergarten	6th
Howard Road Academy**	536	Kindergarten	6th
Hyde Elementary School	172	Prekindergarten	5th
Ideal Academy PCS**	201	Prekindergarten	8th
Janney Elementary School	456	Prekindergarten	5th
Kenilworth Elementary School	379	Prekindergarten	6th
Ketcham Elementary School	413	Prekindergarten	6th
Key Elementary School	217	Prekindergarten	5th
Kimball Elementary School	452	Prekindergarten	5th
King Elementary School	464	Prekindergarten	5th
Lafayette Elementary School	517	Prekindergarten	6th
Langdon Elementary School	387	Prekindergarten	6th
Lasalle Elementary School	309	Prekindergarten	6th
Leckie Elementary School	377	Prekindergarten	6th
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary	278	Prekindergarten	6th
Malcolm X Elementary School	562	Prekindergarten	6th
Mann Elementary School	233	Prekindergarten	6th
Marshall Thurgood Elementary	345	Prekindergarten	8th
Maury Elementary School	283	Prekindergarten	6th
McGogney Elementary School	434	Prekindergarten	6th
Meridian PCS**	443	Prekindergarten	6th
Merritt Elementary School	474	Prekindergarten	8th
Meyer Elementary School	382	Prekindergarten	5th
Miner Elementary School DCPS	462	Prekindergarten	6th
Montgomery Elementary School	314	Prekindergarten	6th
Murch Elementary School	484	Prekindergarten	6th
Nalle Elementary School	459	Prekindergarten	5th
Noyes Elementary School	202	Prekindergarten	6th
Orr Elementary School	407	Prekindergarten	5th
Oyster Elementary School	395	Prekindergarten	6th
Park View Elementary School	366	Prekindergarten	5th
Patterson Elementary School	324	Prekindergarten	6th
Payne Elementary School	274	Prekindergarten	6th
Peabody Elementary School	141	Prekindergarten	Kindergarten
Plummer Elementary School	357	Prekindergarten	5th
Powell Elementary School	322	Prekindergarten	5th
Randle Highlands Elementary	479	Prekindergarten	6th
Raymond Elementary School	491	Prekindergarten	5th
Reed Elementary School	470	Prekindergarten	6th
River Terrace Elementary School	264	Prekindergarten	6th
Roots PCS**	57	Kindergarten	8th
Ross Elementary School	168	Prekindergarten	6th
Rudolph Elementary School	538	Prekindergarten	6th
Savoy Elementary School	385	Prekindergarten	5th
School For Arts In Learning PCS**	112	Kindergarten	6th
SouthEast Academy Of Scholastic Excellence PCS**	670	Kindergarten	8th
Seaton Elementary School	441	Prekindergarten	6th
Shadd Elementary School	191	Prekindergarten	5th
Shaed Elementary School	370	Prekindergarten	6th
Shepherd Elementary School	354	Prekindergarten	6th
Simon Elementary School	406	Prekindergarten	6th
Slowe Elementary School	471	Prekindergarten	6th
Smothers Elementary School	267	Prekindergarten	6th
Stanton Elementary School	622	Prekindergarten	6th
Stevens Elementary School	328	Prekindergarten	6th
Stoddert Elementary School	228	Prekindergarten	5th
Takoma Elementary School	445	Prekindergarten	8th
Terrell Elementary School	247	Prekindergarten	5th
Thomas Elementary School	377	Prekindergarten	5th
Thomson Elementary School	276	Prekindergarten	6th
Tree Of Life PCS**	133	Prekindergarten	5th
Tri-Community PCS**	22	Kindergarten	1st
Truesdell Elementary School	477	Prekindergarten	6th
Tubman Elementary School	635	Prekindergarten	6th
Turner Elementary School	513	Prekindergarten	6th
Tyler Elementary School	290	Prekindergarten	6th
Van Ness Elementary School	250	Prekindergarten	6th
Watkins Elementary School	475	Prekindergarten	4th
Webb Elementary School	536	Prekindergarten	6th
West Elementary School	309	Prekindergarten	6th
Wheatley Elementary School	350	Prekindergarten	6th
Whittier Elementary School	490	Prekindergarten	6th
Wilkinson Elementary School	508	Prekindergarten	3rd
Wilson Elementary School	414	Prekindergarten	6th
Winston Elementary School	555	Prekindergarten	8th

Other schools

School Name	Students*	Low grade	High grade
Ballou Stay	538	Ungraded	Ungraded
Browne Center Special Education	76	Ungraded	Ungraded
Carlos Rosario International PCS**	835	Ungraded	Ungraded
Child & Family Services	177	Prekindergarten	12th
D.C. Alternative Learning Academy West	33	7th	11th
Friendship PCS Collegiate Academy**	1,214	9th	12th
Hamilton Center Special Education	56	Ungraded	Ungraded
Hyde Leadership PCS**	547	Kindergarten	12th
Jackie Robinson Center	14	Ungraded	Ungraded
Lee Mamie	161	Ungraded	Ungraded
Maya Angelou Academy	152	6th	12th
Maya Angelou Academy Transition Center	25	6th	12th
Moten Center Special Education	87	Ungraded	Ungraded
New School For Enterprise And Dev PCS**	356	9th	11th
Prospect Learning Center	103	Ungraded	Ungraded
Residential Schools	349	2nd	12th
Robeson Paul	24	Ungraded	Ungraded
Roosevelt Stay	268	Ungraded	Ungraded
Rose School	26	Ungraded	Ungraded
Seed PCS**	302	7th	12th
Sharpe Health School	222	Prekindergarten	12th
Spingarn Center	35	9th	9th
Spingarn Stay	121	Ungraded	Ungraded
Taft School	100	Ungraded	Ungraded
Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS**	89	9th	12th
Tuition Grant	2037	Kindergarten	12th
Village Leaning Center PCS**	397	Prekindergarten	12th
Walker-Jones Educational Center	200+	Prekindergarten	8th
Washington Latin PCS**	514	5th	11th^[8]
Young Elementary School	441	Prekindergarten	9th

*Student counts as of 2003

**Charter school

Students

Health

In 2009, 43% of all public school students were overweight or obese. This was one of the highest rates in the nation.^[9]

References

^ Birnbaum, Michael (29 April 2010). "Taking baby steps towards charter schools". Washington, DC: Washington Pose. pp. 18 in Casual Living.
^ http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=2390&sectionID=72
^ Washington Post
^ V. Dion Haynes (2008-03-21). "School Budget Reflects Transfer of Some High-Cost Programs". Washington Post. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
^ Ripley, Amanda (December 8, 2008). Can She Save Our Schools. Time Magazine.
^ Turque, Bill (8 April 2010). "Fenty, teachers union promote deal". Washington, DC: Washington Post. pp. B2.
^ Brent Elementary admissions information
^ Washington Latin Public Charter School, History; accessed 2011.03.17.
^ Craig, Tim (2 May 2010). "D.C. Council targets childhood obesity". Washington, DC: Washington Post. pp. A8.

External links

[1] Birnbaum, Michael (29 April 2010). "Taking baby steps towards charter schools". Washington, DC: Washington Pose. pp. 18 in Casual Living.

[2] ttp://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=2390&sectionID=72

[3] Washington Post

[4] V. Dion Haynes (2008-03-21). "School Budget Reflects Transfer of Some High-Cost Programs". Washington Post. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)

[time081208-5] Ripley, Amanda (December 8, 2008). Can She Save Our Schools. Time Magazine.

[6] Turque, Bill (8 April 2010). "Fenty, teachers union promote deal". Washington, DC: Washington Post. pp. B2.

[7] Brent Elementary admissions information

[8] Washington Latin Public Charter School, History; accessed 2011.03.17.

[9] Craig, Tim (2 May 2010). "D.C. Council targets childhood obesity". Washington, DC: Washington Post. pp. A8.

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