best in show for group d, is promoted to grupo c for the following year, while the worse from group c is demoted to samba school of group d.  

all of grupo d's schools are affiliated with the aescrj, the association of samba schools from the city of rio de janeiro.

listed below are some of the schools that have been part of grupo d, however an updated list can be found on the aescrj official website, on this link.