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Black student results at Payne Elementary School

District of Columbia Public Schools, District of Columbia

29.7%
of Black students meet proficient

At Payne Elementary School, 29.7% of Black students meet proficient — 16.5 points below the 46.2% recorded for all students at the same school, and 13.6 points above the 16.1% average for Black students across District of Columbia Public Schools.

Among the 78 schools in District of Columbia Public Schools with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 18th. Across District of Columbia, the average for Black students is 16.5%.

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Every group at this school

46.2%
All students
29.7%
Black
0.7%
White

Share of students meeting proficient at Payne Elementary School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside District of Columbia Public Schools

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Barnard Elementary School 41% 34.5% 47.9%
Shirley Chisholm Elementary School 45.9% 34.4% 72.7% 72.7%
Dorothy I. Height Elementary School 32.8% 33.6% 0.1%
John Lewis Elementary School 39.2% 31.2% 0.4%
Raymond Elementary School 26.9% 31.2% 28.7%
Payne Elementary School This school 46.2% 29.7% 0.7%
Ida B. Wells Middle School 26.6% 28.9% 25.8%
Columbia Heights Education Campus Magnet 24.7% 28.3% 33.4%
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 37.6% 27.6%
Garrison Elementary School 40.8% 25.9% 0.3% 73.1%
Takoma Elementary School 28.2% 25.4% 20.6%

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How to read this. District of Columbia suppresses results for groups with too few students tested — 153 schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, District of Columbia figures should not be compared against another state's.