Updated August 2026
Woodland is a Ward 8 neighborhood in far Southeast DC near the Congress Heights and Hillsdale communities. One school serves the immediate area, with the Ward 8 charter and DCPS networks accessible via Metrobus routes along Alabama Avenue and Wheeler Road.
Woodland's residential character of rowhouses and garden apartments is typical of Ward 8's working-class residential fabric. DC's equitable access lottery provisions support Woodland families in applying to competitive programs across all eight wards of the city.
Ward 8 families can apply to any DC public or charter school through the unified lottery. The 2027-28 application opens December 14, 2026 at myschooldc.org.
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