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District Poverty Rate 19.8% (data source)
Non-White Students 82.5% (data source)
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Last Updated December 1, 2025
What Can My School District Do?

All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.

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Schools in the District (115)
School Step Description Grades Period Signatures
Garrison EsStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
H.d. Woodson HsStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 4
Aiton EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Amidon-Bowen EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Anacostia HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Ballou HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Ballou STAY HSStep 0 No Progress 0
Bancroft EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Bard Hs Early College Dc (Bard Dc)Step 0 No Progress 0
Barnard EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Beers EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Benjamin Banneker HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Brent EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Brightwood Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Brookland MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Browne Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Bruce-Monroe Es At Park ViewStep 0 No Progress 0
Bunker Hill EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Burroughs EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Burrville EsStep 0 No Progress 0
C.w. Harris EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Capitol Hill Montessori School At LoganStep 0 No Progress 0
Cardozo Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Cleveland EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Columbia Heights Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Coolidge HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Deal MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Dorothy I. Height EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Drew EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Duke Ellington School Of The ArtsStep 0 No Progress 0
Dunbar HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Eastern HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Eaton EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Eliot-Hine MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Excel AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Garfield EsStep 0 No Progress 0
H.d. Cooke EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Hardy MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Hart MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Hearst EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Hendley EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Houston EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Hyde-Addison EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Ida B. Wells MsStep 0 No Progress 0
J.o. Wilson EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Janney EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Jefferson Ms AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Johnson MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Kelly Miller MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Ketcham EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Key EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Kimball EsStep 0 No Progress 0
King EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Kramer MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Lafayette EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Langdon EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Langley EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Lasalle-Backus Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Lawrence E. Boone EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Leckie Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Ludlow-Taylor EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Luke C. Moore HSStep 0 No Progress 0
Macfarland MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Malcolm X Es At GreenStep 0 No Progress 0
Mann EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Marie Reed EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Maury EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Mckinley MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Mckinley Technology HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Military Road Early Learning CenterStep 0 No Progress 0
Miner EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Moten EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Murch EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Nalle EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Noyes EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Oyster-Adams Bilingual SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Patterson EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Payne EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Peabody Es (Capitol Hill Cluster)Step 0 No Progress 0
Phelps Architecture Construction And Engineering HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Plummer EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Randle Highlands EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Raymond Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
River Terrace Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Ron Brown College Preparatory HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Roosevelt HsStep 0 No Progress 0
Roosevelt STAY HSStep 0 No Progress 0
Ross EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Savoy EsStep 0 No Progress 0
School Without Walls At Francis-StevensStep 0 No Progress 0
School Without Walls HsStep 0 No Progress 0
School-Within-School At GodingStep 0 No Progress 0
Seaton EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Shepherd EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Simon EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Smothers EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Sousa MsStep 0 No Progress 0
Stanton EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Stoddert EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Stuart-Hobson Ms (Capitol Hill Cluster)Step 0 No Progress 0
Takoma Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Thaddeus Stevens Early Learning CenterStep 0 No Progress 0
Thomas EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Thomson EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Truesdell Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Tubman EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Turner EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Tyler EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Van Ness EsStep 0 No Progress 0
Walker-Jones Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Watkins Es (Capitol Hill Cluster)Step 0 No Progress 0
West Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Wheatley Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Whittier Education CampusStep 0 No Progress 0
Woodrow Wilson HsStep 0 No Progress 0
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Policy Notes
District Of Columbia State Law No state law, federal rulings still apply. School disricts may allow students to be released for religious study or they may also not allow it.
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