Elementary · District of Columbia

Brightwood ES

Free meals for all

Brightwood ES, a public elementary school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades pre-k–5, 646 students, 9.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of District of Columbia Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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: 646
Teachers (FTE): 71.0
Students per teacher: 9.1
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 81% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 10.6 · 144 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 94% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 360 · 144 schools compared

Larger than 85% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
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: 1300 Nicholson St. NW, Washington, DC 20011
Phone: (202)722-5670
City or town: Washington
County: District of Columbia

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Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Friendship PCS - Online AcademyCharterFully virtual	K–8	366	24.4	0.1 mi
Center City PCS - BrightwoodCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	269	9.4	0.2 mi
John Lewis ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	509	10.6	0.7 mi
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCSCharter	Pre-K–5	572	10.7	0.7 mi
Whittier ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	450	10.0	0.7 mi
Capital City PCS - Lower SchoolCharter	Pre-K–4	323	12.1	0.9 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.

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