Middle · District of Columbia
MacFarland MS
Free meals for allMacFarland MS, a public middle school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades 6–8, 486 students, 8.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of District of Columbia Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle 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
- 486
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.0
- Students per teacher
- 8.8
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in District of Columbia
Median 11.1 · 42 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 96% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 90% of middle schools in District of Columbia
Median 317 · 42 schools compared
Smaller than 54% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 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%33%proficient
A higher share proficient than 55% of middle schools in District of Columbia
Median 30% · 42 middle schools compared
432 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · DCCAPE; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
District of Columbia: 29%27%proficient
A higher share proficient than 78% of middle schools in District of Columbia
Median 17% · 41 middle schools compared
424 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · 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
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District 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 District of Columbia Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 4400 Iowa Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20011
- Phone
- (202)671-6033
- City or town
- Washington
- County
- District of Columbia
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E.L. Haynes PCS - MSCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 329 | 9.1 | 22% | 19% |
Washington Latin PCS - MSCharter | 5–8 | 389 | 15.0 | 75% | 67% |
Paul PCS - MSCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 328 | 11.1 | 35% | 13% |
Howard University MS of Mathematics and Science PCSCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 271 | 8.5 | 30% | 15% |
Capital City PCS - MSCharter | 5–8 | 344 | 8.6 | 20% | 14% |
Social Justice PCSCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 97 | 6.3 | 40% | 21% |
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
- 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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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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