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DCPS is the sole public school district in the District of Columbia. [2] As of 2013, DCPS consisted of 111 [3] [4] of the 238 public elementary and secondary schools and learning centers in Washington, D.C. These schools span prekindergarten to twelfth grade. As of 2000, kindergarten students entered at 5 years old. [5]
School name Type Grades Neighborhood Ward DCPS school code Address Website Anacostia High School: Public, traditional: 9-12: Anacostia: 8 450 1601 16th St SE, Washington, DC 20020
The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) is the regulatory authority and sole authorizer of all public charter schools in Washington, D.C. It provides oversight to 68 independently-run nonprofits (also referred to as local education agencies or LEAs) and 134 public charter schools which educate more than 47,000 students living in every ward of the city (48% of all DC ...
The DCPS leaders and the Mayor's office expressed support, so the school planned to rename itself August Wilson High School in fall 2021. However, the Mayor and DC Council failed to formally act on the name change. The class of 2022 graduated with the simplified name "Wilson High School" on their diplomas. [citation needed]
It is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood and operated by DC Public Schools. Unlike the high school, it is a traditional public school that primarily accepts students based on its enrollment boundary. Students may also enroll through the D.C. School Lottery if there is available space.
In 1864, Congress enacted legislation establishing a seven-member School Commission to oversee public schools in Washington County. Members of the board were appointed by the Washington County Levy Court. [3] The District of Columbia's first Superintendent of Education was created by the City Council in 1869.
The District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) is the public high school athletic league in Washington, D.C. The league was founded in 1958. The original high school conference for D.C. schools was the Inter-High School Athletic Association, formed around 1896.
McKinley Technology High School is a public citywide 9th–12th grade high school in the District of Columbia Public Schools in Northeast Washington, D.C. The school, an offshoot of Central High School (now Cardozo Senior High School), originally was called McKinley Technical High School and was located at 7th Street NW and Rhode Island Avenue NW in the District of Columbia.