Elementary · District of Columbia

Powell ES

Free meals for all

Powell ES, a public elementary school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades pre-k–5, 514 students, 10.3 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: 514
Teachers (FTE): 50.0
Students per teacher: 10.3
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 10.6 · 144 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 85% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 360 · 144 schools compared

Larger than 69% 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: 1350 Upshur St. NW, Washington, DC 20011
Phone: (202)671-6270
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
Truesdell ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	370	9.3	0.2 mi
Dorothy I. Height ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	400	9.4	0.2 mi
Raymond ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	439	10.2	0.5 mi
E.L. Haynes PCS - ESCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	409	10.2	0.6 mi
Center City PCS - PetworthCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	255	9.8	0.6 mi
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCSCharter	Pre-K–5	572	10.7	0.7 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).

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