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Black student results at Watkins Elementary School (Capitol Hill Cluster)

District of Columbia Public Schools, District of Columbia

25.3%
of Black students meet proficient

At Watkins Elementary School (Capitol Hill Cluster), 25.3% of Black students meet proficient — 14.6 points below the 39.9% recorded for all students at the same school, and 9.2 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 24th. Across District of Columbia, the average for Black students is 16.5%.

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Every group at this school

39.9%
All students
25.3%
Black
88.1%
White

Share of students meeting proficient at Watkins Elementary School (Capitol Hill Cluster). 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
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%
Watkins Elementary School (Capitol Hill Cluster) This school 39.9% 25.3% 88.1%
J.O. Wilson Elementary School 27.2% 23.6%
MacFarland Middle School 29.7% 23.5% 29.8%
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School 58.7% 21.9% 83.2%
McKinley Middle School 21% 20.6% 27.3%
Eliot-Hine Middle School 31.1% 20% 0.5% 88.1%

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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.