District of Columbia International School
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Roosevelt HS → Coolidge HS → Dunbar HS → Columbia Heights Education Campus → Eastern HS → McKinley Technology HS → Benjamin Banneker HS → Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 47% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 87% (Bottom 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How District of Columbia International School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyDC trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−12 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Roosevelt HS, Coolidge HS, Dunbar HS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 40% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 47% 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 39% 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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 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 +2.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,654 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $26,279 per student in district revenue, the 235 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $6,175,565/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt HS Washington |
Public | 2.1 | 943 | +18.3% |
| Coolidge HS Washington |
Public | 0.9 | 1,029 | +39.1% |
| Dunbar HS Washington |
Public | 4.6 | 892 | +22.5% |
| Columbia Heights Education Campus Washington |
Public | 3.0 | 1,028 | -1.5% |
| Eastern HS Washington |
Public | 6.4 | 909 | +18.7% |
| McKinley Technology HS Washington |
Public | 4.3 | 723 | +4.6% |
| Benjamin Banneker HS Washington |
Public | 4.2 | 703 | +30.9% |
| Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy Washington |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 745 | +13.9% |