High · District of Columbia

Benjamin Banneker HS

Free meals for all

Benjamin Banneker HS, a public high school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades 9–12, 703 students, 16.3 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: 703
Teachers (FTE): 43.0
Students per teacher: 16.3
Grades: 9–12; High

More students per teacher than 91% of high schools in District of Columbia

Median 10.3 · 46 schools compared

More students per teacher than 63% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 76% of high schools in District of Columbia

Median 389 · 46 schools compared

Larger 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: 1600 9th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202)671-6320
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
Garnet-Patterson STAY HSAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	432	8.5	0.4 mi
Cardozo Education CampusFree meals for all	6–12	710	9.1	0.7 mi
Dunbar HSFree meals for all	9–12	892	10.3	0.7 mi
Girls Global Academy PCSCharterFree meals for all	9–12	183	7.2	0.9 mi
McKinley Technology HSFree meals for all	9–12	723	14.4	1.1 mi
Basis DC PcsCharter	5–12	692	13.8	1.2 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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