High · District of Columbia

H.D. Woodson HS

Free meals for all

H.D. Woodson HS, a public high school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades 9–12, 579 students, 9.3 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: 579
Teachers (FTE): 62.4
Students per teacher: 9.3
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of high schools in District of Columbia

Median 10.3 · 46 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 61% of high schools in District of Columbia

Median 389 · 46 schools compared

Larger than 60% 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: 540 55th St. NE, Washington, DC 20019
Phone: (202)939-2030
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
Maya Angelou PCS - HSCharterAlternative	9–12	218	9.9	0.5 mi
Ron Brown College Preparatory HSFree meals for all	9–12	196	6.8	0.8 mi
IDEA PcsCharterFree meals for all	9–12	350	9.7	0.9 mi
Friendship PCS - Collegiate AcademyCharterFree meals for all	9–12	745	11.0	1.3 mi
The SEED PCS of Washington DCCharterFree meals for all	9–12	245	17.2	1.4 mi
Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public PolicyCharterFree meals for all	6–12	367	9.0	1.4 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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