The top reported proficiency rate is 28% in English language arts. The lowest is 10% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Bunker Hill Es
Bunker Hill Elementary sits on Michigan Avenue NE in Washington, D.C., serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the District of Columbia Public Schools system. It is a regular public school with a total enrollment that places it on the smaller side for an elementary building in the district, and its pre-kindergarten cohort is the largest single grade, which suggests the school functions as an early-entry point for neighborhood families.
The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller Hispanic and White populations and a handful of students identifying as Asian or multiracial. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not reported, so we cannot characterize the economic profile of the enrolled families from the available numbers. The same gap appears for special-education and English-learner counts, which were not provided. A parent may want to ask the school directly about these figures, since they help paint the full picture of the peer environment and the support services on campus.
On the most recent state assessment, covering grades three through eight in the 2024-25 school year, the school's proficiency rates were low. In English language arts, roughly three out of ten tested students met or exceeded expectations. In math, the share was lower, closer to one in five. These are the district's Long-Term Goals proficiency figures, and they reflect a school where a majority of tested students are not yet reaching the state's proficiency bar. A prior-year science result for fifth grade was lower still, with only a small number of students demonstrating proficiency, though the tested cohort in that subject was quite small and a single year's result should be read with that in mind. No multi-year trend data was available, so we cannot say whether these results represent a decline, a plateau, or improvement from earlier years. A parent considering Bunker Hill would be well served by asking the school what its current improvement plan looks like and how it is addressing the gap between current proficiency and state expectations.
The school sits in a Washington zip code where housing costs run well above the national benchmark. The typical home value is above a half-million dollars, and estimated monthly mortgage costs substantially exceed local rents, making renting the more affordable path to living in the attendance zone. Rents themselves are moderate relative to income for the area, sitting at roughly a third of typical household earnings. The broader city context is one of a federal-government-driven economy with extensive public transit, major institutional employers, and a distributed neighborhood structure rather than a single downtown core. Bunker Hill's location in the Northeast quadrant places it in a residential part of the city with access to the Metrorail and Metrobus networks.
At the district level, DCPS has recently put in place a district-wide cell phone restriction for the 2025-2026 school year under the Heads Up! Distraction-Free Learning Amendment Act, which limits phone use during the school day across all campuses. The district is also operating under a five-year strategic plan called A Capital Commitment, running through 2028, which focuses on academic success, school connectedness, and post-school readiness. These are system-wide initiatives that shape the environment at Bunker Hill even though they are not specific to the school.
What was missing from the available data is substantial. There is no information on programs offered, course access, staffing ratios, discipline, attendance, or civil-rights indicators such as harassment or restraint. Title I status was not reported. No comparison set against neighboring schools was provided, so this account cannot position Bunker Hill relative to its DCPS peers. The absence of these fields means the picture here is partial, and a family would need to go to the school directly for details on enrichment, after-school options, support staff, and the day-to-day culture of the building.
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