The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in Math. The lowest is 36% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Tyler Consolidated Middle School
Tyler Consolidated Middle School sits in Sistersville, a small Ohio River town in Tyler County, West Virginia. The school serves grades six through eight and operates as a regular public school within Tyler County Schools, a small rural district spread across four schools. Sistersville itself is a quiet residential place with a compact historic downtown along the river, anchored by the Wells Inn and the National Register-listed City Hall. The town grew during a late-1800s oil boom and later settled into its current low-key character. State Route 2 runs through as the main highway. The Sistersville Ferry, the last operating toll ferry in the state, carries vehicles and passengers across the Ohio to Fly, Ohio. Nearby river islands are part of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Publicly reported sources describe a town in population decline, with no major new housing developments or growth initiatives identified.
The middle school is small, with a predominantly white student body. A handful of students identify as Black or as two or more races. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was not available, and the same gap appears for special education and English learner populations. A parent wanting to understand the economic and support-service profile of the student body may want to look into this further with the school or district.
On state assessments, Tyler Consolidated Middle shows mixed results. In math, proficiency sits in a middling range across all three grade levels, with the strongest showing in eighth grade and the softest in seventh. English language arts follows a similar pattern, with sixth grade performing at the higher end and seventh at the lower. Science results, available only for eighth grade since the school does not serve fifth grade, come in lower than the math and reading results. Participation was full across all tested grades. No multi-year trend data is available beyond a single year, so there is no way to read whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining over time. Average scale scores were not reported, which limits the picture to proficiency rates alone.
The grades three through five rows that appear in the assessment data are empty for a straightforward reason: Tyler Consolidated Middle does not serve those grades, so no students were tested there. The same applies to the fifth-grade science result. This is a function of the school's grade band, not a missing or weak result.
Because this is a middle school,
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