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Jackson-Reed High School | |
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Address | |
3950 Chesapeake St NW[1] 20016 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°57′00″N 77°04′40″W / 38.9500°N 77.0777°W[1] |
Information | |
Former name | Woodrow Wilson High School (1935–2022) |
School type | Public |
Motto | Latin: Haec olim meminisse juvabit (In days to come, it will please us to remember this) |
Established | 1935 |
School district | District of Columbia Public Schools |
NCES District ID | 1100030[2] |
School number | DC-001-463[3] |
CEEB code | 090230[4] |
NCES School ID | 110003000133[3] |
Principal | Sah Brown[5] |
Faculty | 121.50 (on an FTE basis)[3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,994[3] (2023–24) |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.06[3] |
Campus size | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Green and white |
Athletics conference | DCIAA, DCSAA |
Mascot | Tigers |
USNWR ranking | 1,553[6] |
Newspaper | The Beacon |
Information | Metro Stop: Tenelytown-AU |
Website | jacksonreedhs |
Woodrow Wilson High School | |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1935 |
Architect | Albert L. Harris, Nathan C. Wyeth |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial Revival |
MPS | Public School Buildings of Washington, DC MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 10000243[7] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 2010 |
Designated DCIHS | February 25, 2010 |
Jackson-Reed High School (formerly known as Woodrow Wilson High School) is a public high school in Washington, D.C. It serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. The school sits in the Tenleytown neighborhood, at the intersection of Chesapeake Street and Nebraska Avenue NW. It primarily serves students in Washington's Ward 3, but nearly 30% of the student body lives outside the school's boundaries.
Opened in 1935, the school was originally named for Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States. It was renamed in 2022 for Edna Burke Jackson, the school's first African American teacher, and Vincent Reed, its first African American principal.[8] The school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 and extensively renovated in 2010–2011.[9]