Eastern High School (Washington, D.C.)

Eastern High School is a public high school in Washington, D.C. It educates about 1100 students in grades 9 through 12.The school is located on the eastern edge of the Capital Hill neighborhood at the intersection of 17th Street and East Capital Street Northeast. Eastern was a part of the DCPS restructuring project, reopening in 2011 to incoming freshmen and growing by a grade level each year. It graduated its first class in 2015.

Eastern High School
Location
1700 East Capitol Street NE
Washington, D.C.

United States
Coordinates38°53′26″N 76°58′49″W
Information
TypePublic
MottoThe Pride of Capitol Hill
Established1890
School districtDistrict of Columbia Public Schools
NCES School ID110003000078
PrincipalSah Brown
Faculty100+ (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1025[1] (2015–16)
Student to teacher ratio9.78:1[1]
Color(s)    Blue & White
MascotRambler
Metro StopStadium Armory
Websitewww.easternhighschooldcps.org

Eastern is part of the District Of Columbia Public Schools. It was founded in 1890 as the Capitol Hill High School was later relocated and rebuilt in the collegiate gothic style and renamed Eastern Senior High School.[2]

Eastern was designated an International Baccalaureate school in 2013, and awarded its first IB diploma in 2015.[3] Expected growth will make Eastern the second biggest high school in DCPS after Wilson, with over 1500 students.[1]

Sports
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Track
  • Volleyball
  • Soccer
  • Baseball
  • Softball

Notable alumni

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