Elementary · District of Columbia

DC Prep PCS - Benning ES

CharterFree meals for all

DC Prep PCS - Benning ES, a public elementary school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades pre-k–3, 430 students, 13.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of DC Prep PCS.

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
430
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
13.4
Grades
Pre-K–3
Elementary

More students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 10.6 · 144 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 73% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 360 · 144 schools compared

Larger than 53% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on District of Columbia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

District of Columbia: 37%

39%proficient

A higher share proficient than 67% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 29% · 126 elementary schools compared

77 students tested, grades 3 · DCCAPE; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

District of Columbia: 29%

31%proficient

A higher share proficient than 63% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 26% · 120 elementary schools compared

77 students tested, grades 3 · DCCAPE; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–3
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with DC Prep PCS.

Location

Address
100 41ST Street NE, Washington, DC 20019
Phone
(202)398-2838
City or town
Washington

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Plummer ESFree meals for all
Pre-K–52337.514%12%
Smothers ESFree meals for all
Pre-K–52508.614%9.1%
Global Citizens PCSCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–219810.4——
Lorraine H. Whitlock ESFree meals for all
Pre-K–51628.825%—
KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCSCharterFree meals for all
K–461414.327%29%
Nalle ESFree meals for all
Pre-K–52878.624%11%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

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.

NCES 110004800387