Ballou STAY HS
Washington · DC · District of Columbia Public Schools · Public
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Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS → Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts → Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC) → Kingsman Academy PCS → Anacostia HS → Luke C. Moore HS → The SEED PCS of Washington DC → BASIS DC PCS →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 7% in 2019 (Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Ballou STAY HS compares for families
What families should know about Ballou STAY HS.
- ▸ LocallyDC trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−12 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS, Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts, Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC) and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 433 students:
≈ 30 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $33,365 per student in district revenue, the 30 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,000,950/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS Washington |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 307 | -8.1% |
| Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts Washington |
Public · charter | 3.3 | 277 | -1.8% |
| Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC) Washington |
Public | 0.9 | 331 | -12.2% |
| Kingsman Academy PCS Washington |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 290 | +17.9% |
| Anacostia HS Washington |
Public | 2.4 | 246 | -23.4% |
| Luke C. Moore HS Washington |
Public | 6.5 | 275 | +77.4% |
| The SEED PCS of Washington DC Washington |
Public · charter | 4.5 | 245 | +2.1% |
| BASIS DC PCS Washington |
Public · charter | 4.1 | 233 | +8.9% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantBallou STAY HS is a public high school in Washington, DC, enrolling 433 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
5 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 8% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 7% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 216 students per school counselor.
77% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Ballou STAY HS's graduation rate? Ballou STAY HS's federal four-year graduation rate was about 7% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Ballou STAY HS? Ballou STAY HS is a public high school in Washington, DC, enrolling 433 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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