High · District of Columbia

Anacostia HS

Free meals for all

Anacostia HS, a public high school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades 9–12, 246 students, 7.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of District of Columbia Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 246
Teachers (FTE): 32.0
Students per teacher: 7.7
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of high schools in District of Columbia

Median 10.3 · 46 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 91% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 83% of high schools in District of Columbia

Median 389 · 46 schools compared

Smaller than 65% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: District of Columbia Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with District of Columbia Public Schools.

Location

Address: 1601 16th St. SE, Washington, DC 20020
Phone: (202)698-2155
City or town: Washington
County: District of Columbia

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Thurgood Marshall Academy PCSCharterFree meals for all	9–12	373	11.0	0.8 mi
Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol HillCharterFree meals for all	9–12	387	15.8	0.9 mi
DC Department of CorrectionsAlternative	9–12	45	3.0	1.0 mi
Eastern HSFree meals for all	9–12	909	10.7	1.4 mi
Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HSCharterFree meals for all	9–12	307	7.7	1.7 mi
Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC)Free meals for all	9–12	331	10.3	1.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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