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DC Public Schools

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About this district

DC Public Schools is a public school district in District of Columbia. They serve 48,144 students across 130 schools, and its teachers have had 18,571 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • 130
    Schools
  • 48,144
    Students
  • 3,743
    Teachers

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DC Public Schools Demographics

69%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
82%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

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DC Public Schools Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Dec 19, 2024

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a teacher in need, moving us closer to a nation where students in every community have the tools and experiences they need for a great education.

DC Public Schools

$12.2 million
raised using DonorsChoose
18,571
projects funded
4,689
teachers funded
47,746
donors
1,333
projects for basic supplies
3,090
projects for technology
2,629
projects for books
849
projects for art supplies

DC Public Schools has received support from 16,888 individuals from District of Columbia and 30,858 individuals out-of-state.

DC Public Schools Schools

Lorraine H Whitlock Elementary School Amidon - Bowen Elementary School Anacostia Senior High School AppleTree @ Achievement Prep Ballou Senior High School Ballou Stay Senior High School Bancroft Elementary School Benjamin Banneker Academic High School Bard High School Early College Barnard Elementary School Beers Elementary School Columbia Heights Education Campus Brightwood Elementary School Briya Public Charter School - Fort Totten Bunker Hill Elementary School Brookland Middle School Browne Educational Center Bruce - Monroe Elementary School Bunker Hill Elementary School Burroughs Elementary School Burrville Elementary School C.W. Harris Elementary School Calvin Coolidge Senior High School Capitol Hill Montessori School - Logan Cardozo Education Campus Charles Hart Middle School Cleveland Elementary School DCPS Hospital Homebound Program DCPS Virtual Learning Program Deal Middle School Dorothy Height Elementary School Charles Drew Elementary School Duke Ellington School of the Arts Dunbar High School Early Childhood @ Shaw School (CARE Center) Eastern Senior High School Eaton Elementary School Eliot-Hine Middle School Elsie W Stokes Community Charter - East End Campus Langley Elementary School Excel Academy Fillmore Arts Center (West) John Francis Education Campus Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy Garrison Elementary School H.D. Cooke Elementary School Harriet Tubman Elementary School Hearst Elementary School Hendley Elementary School Horace Mann Elementary School Houston Elementary School H.D. Woodson High School Hyde - Addison Elementary School Ida B Wells Middle School John Hayden Johnson Middle School J.O. Wilson Elementary School James A Garfield Elementary School Janney Elementary School Jc Nalle Elementary School Jefferson Middle School Academy John Lewis Elementary School Shirley Chisholm Elementary School Kelly Miller Middle School Ketcham Elementary School Francis Scott Key Elementary School Kimball Elementary School Kramer Middle School Lafayette Elementary School Langdon Elementary School LaSalle - Backus Elementary School Leckie Education Campus Ludlow - Taylor Elementary School Luke Moore Academy MacArthur High School MacFarland Middle School Malcolm X Elementary School Marie Reed Elementary School Martin Luther King Elementary School Maury Elementary School McKinley Technical Middle School McKinley Technology High School Takoma Elementary School Military Rd Early Learning Center Miner Elementary School Moten Elementary School Murch Elementary School Neval Thomas Elementary School Noyes Elementary School Lawerence E Boone Elementary School Oyster - Adams Bilingual School Oyster-Adams Bilingual School - Middle School Campus Patterson Elementary School Payne Elementary School Peabody Elementary School Phelps Ace High School Plummer Elementary School Powell Elementary School Randle Highlands Elementary School Raymond Elementary School River Terrace Education Campus Robert Brent Elementary School Ron Brown College Preparatory High School Roosevelt Senior High School Garnet-Patterson S.T.A.Y. Opportunity Academy Garnet-Patterson S.T.A.Y. Opportunity Academy Rose L Hardy Middle School Ross Elementary School Savoy Elementary School School Within A School - Goding School Without Walls Senior High School Seaton Elementary School Shepherd Elementary School Simon Elementary School Smothers Elementary School Sousa Middle School District of Columbia Scholars Stanton Elementary School Stevens Early Learning Center Stoddert Elementary School Stuart - Hobson Middle School Thomson Elementary School Truesdell Elementary School Turner Elementary School Van Ness Elementary School Walker - Jones Education Campus Watkins Elementary School Wheatley Education Campus West Elementary School Whittier Elementary School Jackson - Reed High School Dcps Youth Services Center
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