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Benjamin Banneker Academy High School
800 Euclid St Nw
Washington DC, 20001, District Of Columbia County
Phone: 202-671-6320
Ranking: 
(1 out of 26, top 4%)*
(1 out of 26, top 4%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: District of Columbia Public Schools
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 27 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 61 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 430 | 394 | 413 | 427 | 393 | 404 | 386 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 142 | 33.0% | 108 | 27.4% | 115 | 27.8% | 154 | 36.1% | 107 | 27.2% | 119 | 29.5% | 112 | 29.0% |
| Grade 10: | 88 | 20.5% | 105 | 26.6% | 132 | 32.0% | 89 | 20.8% | 110 | 28.0% | 105 | 26.0% | 107 | 27.7% |
| Grade 11: | 97 | 22.6% | 106 | 26.9% | 77 | 18.6% | 94 | 22.0% | 91 | 23.2% | 90 | 22.3% | 94 | 24.4% |
| Grade 12: | 103 | 24.0% | 75 | 19.0% | 89 | 21.5% | 90 | 21.1% | 85 | 21.6% | 90 | 22.3% | 73 | 18.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 107 | 24.9% | 99 | 25.1% | 117 | 28.3% | 126 | 29.5% | 116 | 29.5% | 113 | 28.0% | 104 | 26.9% |
| Female: | 323 | 75.1% | 295 | 74.9% | 296 | 71.7% | 301 | 70.5% | 269 | 68.4% | 283 | 70.0% | 278 | 72.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 6 | 1.4% | 5 | 1.3% | 12 | 2.9% | 7 | 1.6% | 13 | 3.3% | 13 | 3.2% | 7 | 1.8% |
| Hispanic: | 44 | 10.2% | 44 | 11.2% | 42 | 10.2% | 48 | 11.2% | 35 | 8.9% | 28 | 6.9% | 22 | 5.7% |
| Black: | 372 | 86.5% | 334 | 84.8% | 351 | 85.0% | 368 | 86.2% | 341 | 86.8% | 359 | 88.9% | 352 | 91.2% |
| White: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 1.0% | 4 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 7 | 1.6% | 9 | 2.3% | 6 | 1.5% | 4 | 0.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 427 | 99.3% | 189 | 48.0% | 207 | 50.1% | 163 | 38.2% | 146 | 37.2% | 124 | 30.7% | 88 | 22.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 42 | 10.7% | 45 | 10.9% | 45 | 10.5% | 59 | 15.0% | 59 | 14.6% | 31 | 8.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.23 | 16.08 | 14.50 | 14.23 | 11.56 | 10.90 | 6.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| DC CAS | ||||||
| 2010 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 100% | N/A | 42.93% |
| 2011 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 97.71% | N/A | 42.48% |
| 2010 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | N/A | 43.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 94.26% | N/A | 45.54% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Benjamin Banneker Academy High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.