DC School Report Cards

Half of the District’s lowest-performing schools are east of the Anacostia River, according to a rating system unveiled Friday that assigns the city’s schools one to five stars.

WASHINGTON — Nearly 40 percent of D.C.’s public schools, including charters, got a rating of three stars under the new school performance rating unveiled Friday.

December marks the federal deadline for states across the country to release their new school rating systems, designed to bring transparency to measures of school quality. Both Maryland and D.C. released new websites this week. Officials in…