District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) | 33,392 followers on LinkedIn. Transforming the lives of students in our nation's capital. | District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is the public school district in Washington, D.C. DCPS serves more than 51,000 students in the nation’s capital through the efforts of approximately 4,000 educators in 117 schools. As part of a comprehensive reform effort to become the preeminent urban school system in America, DCPS intends to have the highest-performing, best paid, most satisfied, and most honored educator force in the nation and a distinctive central office staff whose work supports and drives instructional excellence and significant achievement gains for DCPS students.