The top reported proficiency rate is 51% in English language arts. The lowest is 9% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Tyler Es
TylerElementary School sits on G Street SE in Washington, a regular public school in the District of Columbia Public Schools system serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school draws a diverse student body. A majority of students are Black, with a substantial white population and a smaller Hispanic group. A handful of students identify as Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, or two or more races. The school is moderately sized for an elementary in this part of the city, with its largest concentrations in the early childhood grades. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data, special education rates, and English learner figures were not available in the records we reviewed, so we cannot speak to those measures here.
On the most recent DC Long-Term Goals assessment, Tyler's English language arts proficiency landed around the midpoint, with roughly half of tested students meeting or exceeding expectations. Math proficiency came in somewhat lower, with under half of students reaching that bar. Both results place the school in a middling range for a DCPS elementary, neither standout nor deeply trailing. A parent evaluating these scores would see a school where literacy is the relative strength and math is a softer area, though neither result suggests a school in academic distress. Science results tell a different story. The grade five science assessment, reported a couple of years earlier, showed only a small fraction of tested students reaching proficiency, a figure well below what most families would hope to see. The participation rate was high, so the low result does not appear to be a testing-coverage artifact. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking whether the science score reflects a known curricular gap, a year-specific cohort issue, or something the school has since addressed. No trend data was available, so we cannot say whether these results are improving, flat, or declining over time.
Tyler sits in a part of Washington where housing costs run well above both the District-wide and national benchmarks. Typical home values in the school's zip code are in a range that puts ownership out of reach for many families without a strong income, and the price-to-income ratio is quite high. Rents are elevated too, though renting is comparatively more manageable than buying at current mortgage rates, which hover in the mid-six percent range. For families already settled on Capitol Hill or in nearby Southeast neighborhoods, the school's location is a genuine convenience, walkable to the corridors of civic life that define this part of the city. Washington itself is a government-driven city, with the federal apparatus as its dominant employer, supplemented by international organizations, lobbying firms, think tanks, and embassies. The National Mall, Smithsonian museums, and the monumental core are all within easy reach, giving families access to cultural resources that few American school communities can match.
The broader DCPS context is relevant here. The district recently implemented a system-wide cell phone restriction for the current school year, tied to the Heads Up! Distraction-Free Learning Amendment Act, which limits phone use during the school day across all schools. The district is also working through a multi-year strategic plan called A Capital Commitment, aimed at improving academic outcomes, student connectedness, and post-school readiness. Neither of these initiatives is Tyler-specific, but both shape the environment in which the school operates. We did not find program-specific offerings, staffing data, attendance figures, discipline records, or course access details for Tyler itself, so those dimensions remain unknown here. Title I status was also not reported.
What the available picture suggests is a neighborhood elementary with a diverse enrollment, middling literacy results, weaker math and science outcomes, and a location in one of the more expensive housing markets in the region. Families drawn to Capitol Hill life who want a walkable school community with racial and ethnic diversity may find Tyler worth a closer look, particularly if they are prepared to ask direct questions about the science scores and the math trajectory.
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