Ujamaa School (2026-27 Profile)

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Quick Facts (26-27)

Grades: Kindergarten-9
Enrollment: 63 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

School Rankings

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School Facts

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Kindergarten-9

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Ujamaa School
Kind	8
1	5
2	7
3	8
4	10
6	7
7	11
9	7

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Student Body

Total Students

63 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

100%

State avg.: 50%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

12 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

5:1

National avg.: 11:1

Number of AP Courses

15 courses

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Independent Private School Association (NIPSA)

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

School Notes

Ujamaa School, an independent non-profit Afrikan community school, was founded and organized in 1968 by Baba El Senzengakulu Zulu.
El Senzengakulu Zulu was one of the organizers of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
It was also during that time that Baba Zulu worked closely with leaders of civil rights movement such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medger Ever., James Fornian, Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, Marion Barry, and Fannie Lou Hammer.
He worked along side others throughout the south to help organize the Freedom Rides.
Ujima Va IJjamaa school was founded to provide an institutional base that would ensure Afrikan children the development ofa strong, positive self-image, a valid value system, and the achievement of academic excellence.
lJjamaa's program provides for training in all facets of life.
Character, independence, self-sufficiency and positive approaches to meeting life's challenges are built into the school's program.
The overall program is geared to develop the total being, to help each child reach his or her ultimate goal and to develop to their highest potential.
Based on Baba Zulu's belief that we must do for self, in May 1968 lijamaa Shule was born.
Later, several other committed and dedicated brothers and sisters such as Mama Rose Pringle, Akbar, Mama Almasi, Mwata and Nkechi Namtambu, Hamid, Askia, Mama Khadijah, Baba Rasafik, Baba Ngoma and others came to help strengthen Ujamaa.
lijaniaa Shule began at 904 Florida Avenue, NW., next door to the old site of Ujamaa Bookstore, with only three watoto.

Ujamaa School, an independent non-profit Afrikan community school, was founded and organized in 1968 by Baba El Senzengakulu Zulu. El Senzengakulu Zulu was one of the organizers of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. It was also during that time that Baba Zulu worked closely with leaders of civil rights movement such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medger Ever., James Fornian, Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, Marion Barry, and Fannie Lou Hammer. He worked along side others throughout the south to help organize the Freedom Rides. Ujima Va IJjamaa school was founded to provide an institutional base that would ensure Afrikan children the development ofa strong, positive self-image, a valid value system, and the achievement of academic excellence. lJjamaa's program provides for training in all facets of life. Character, independence, self-sufficiency and positive approaches to meeting life's challenges are built into the school's program. The overall program is geared to develop the total being, to help each child reach his or her ultimate goal and to develop to their highest potential. Based on Baba Zulu's belief that we must do for self, in May 1968 lijamaa Shule was born. Later, several other committed and dedicated brothers and sisters such as Mama Rose Pringle, Akbar, Mama Almasi, Mwata and Nkechi Namtambu, Hamid, Askia, Mama Khadijah, Baba Rasafik, Baba Ngoma and others came to help strengthen Ujamaa. lijaniaa Shule began at 904 Florida Avenue, NW., next door to the old site of Ujamaa Bookstore, with only three watoto.

Source: Verified school update

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the application deadline for Ujamaa School?

The application deadline for Ujamaa School is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).

In what neighborhood is Ujamaa School located?

Ujamaa School is located in the Northwest Washington neighborhood of Washington, DC. There are 55 other private schools located in Northwest Washington.

School Reviews

5.00 out of 5 (3 reviews)

5 9/25/2026

I hold this school very dear to my heart even though my time was short there it felt like a life time of love and invaluable experiences that has stayed with me forever all the way up to my current age of 32, for this being my introduction to schooling it shaped my mind for this world where knowing the truths that Don''t ever get shown or spoke of especially to my people of color was rather enlightening. While yes there was a culture shock that occurred to me personally when I started to go to public schooling due to my own personal financial and transportation issues so having to go to public schooling from this beautifully african-based private schooling it allowed me to see the difference in dualities of what is not being taught in regular schooling compared to what they taught me in Ujamaa. All in all I''m just saying this school is a school that has properties and education and life building skills that are invaluable to anybody that gets the chance to take in and the acquire the greatness that they give you spiritually mentally physically and more, this school can lead your child if done the fully from k through 9 can lead you child to places in America that regular schooling would rather just keep them in a cubicle if you know what I mean this school is definitely a five-star school if I can give it 10 no rather 100 stars I would. -Shakur Benu Kemet Brown Sr

- Posted by Student/Alumni - Shakur Benu Kemet Brown Sr

5 2/27/2023

This is an excellent school. It has high academic standards but in a loving environment. Teachers have high expectations and treat your children like their own. History taught from an African perspective is priceless and you won`t find it anywhere else. I highly recommend this school.

- Posted by Parent - Kwabena

5 3/9/2020

My daughter went there in 9th grade in 1992 and it was the best year of her learning in school.

- Posted by Parent - Gary Jones

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