McKinley Technology High School is a public citywide 9th-12th grade high school in Washington, D.C.. The school is named for William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States.

Venue: McKinley Technology High School
Address: 151 T St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Town: Washington, D.C., US

McKinley Technology High School is a public citywide 9th-12th grade high school in Washington, D.C.. The school is named for William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States. Situated in the Eckington neighborhood of Northeast DC overlooking the core of Washington, McKinley Tech is the main technical high school for the District of Columbia Public School system. Originally an offshoot of Central High School (now Cardozo Senior High School), it was first called McKinley Technical High School and moved to its current campus in 1928. The need for a dedicated technical educational institution in the nation's capital was first met in 1902, when congress established Manual Training School #1, quickly renamed William McKinley Manual Training School. The school initially operated as a branch of Central High School (now Cardozo Senior High School), receiving the approximately 300 students and 15 which comprised Central's manual training program. Manual Training School #1 was segregated for white students, while Manual Training School #2 (later Armstrong Technical High School) was segregated for colored students. The first building occupied by McKinley was a purpose-built structure now known as Shaw Junior High School, located at the intersection of 7th Street and Rhode Island Avenue in Shaw. After McKinley moved to its current campus in Eckington, the building was occupied by the eponymous Shaw Junior High School before being abandoned in 1977. Today, the building is used for residences. Explosive growth which nearly doubled the population of the District in the 30 years since the conception of a dedicated technical school led to overcrowding at the Shaw site, with more than 500 students enrolled by 1926. In the 1920s plans began to be formed for a new building and campus. The school was exclusively for white residents of the City of Washington from its founding. District of Columbia Public Schools specifically were racially integrated following the Supreme Court de