Pleasant Hill is a small Ward 5 neighborhood in Northeast DC. One school serves the community, with the Woodridge and University Heights school networks accessible via nearby bus corridors in Ward 5. Families in this part of Ward 5 have access to the Red Line via the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station and to the Green/Yellow lines via the Fort Totten station — dual-line access that is a genuine advantage for school commuting across the city. Ward 5 residents receive a priority point for Ward 5 schools in the DC lottery.
Ward 5 families can apply to any DC public or charter school through the unified lottery. The application window opens in November at schoolchoice.dc.gov.
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