Patterson Elementary School

Washington, DC 20032

Phone: (202) 939-5280
Fax: (202) 645-4705
District: District Of Columbia Public Schools

4

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 238 students

Patterson Elementary School, a public school located in Washington, DC, serves grades PK-5 in the District Of Columbia Public Schools.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 4 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Patterson Elementary School is a public school located in Washington, DC. 238 students attend Patterson Elementary School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 3/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessments of Progress in Education data from DC Public Schools.
Student Growth 4/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and using 2025 Percentage of students meeting growth target data from DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

Posted: May 30, 2017

Not all the teachers are effective. Some staff should let go not reevaluated or moved to another grade.

Posted: May 30, 2017

They teach them that fighting should never be used to settle a dispute. Even if they don't agree, it doesn't mean that they can not get along.

Posted: May 30, 2017

Each student has their own talent and the school rewards them for learning when to share and show it. Each child is given their day and time to "shine" and let's them know that everyone is a leader.

Posted: May 30, 2017

Posted: May 30, 2017

Not all the teachers feel that bullying is out of control and some of the staff even found themselves to be the bully. I still pray that it changes but I know it won't as long as the teachers are very young and unexperienced in teaching

Posted: May 30, 2017

I had one or two issues. The teacher in the one year was great to addressing the concern and fixing the problem. The other teacher in the next year was not. The front office staff carries too much of the emotion of the teachers and then retaliation is on the child instead of addressing the parents. That in it self needs to be changed because at the end of the day it is about the children not adults.

Posted: May 30, 2017

giving a child time during the week to work at their own pace to complete an assignment shows trust to the child from the teacher and gives that child responsibility. My child definitely benefited from it.

Posted: April 8, 2017

This is my daughter first year of school. She is in Pre-k 3. I would think the focus will be on all children instead of a few. My experience with this school has been horrible from the beginning.
I tried to mend things and be acceptive to their curriculum of things for the sake of my daughter, but things seem to get worse as the year passed by. The teachers/staff are very disrespectful and unprofessional. When it comes down to expressing
My child's educational needs they are nonchalant with feed back and makes no effort to assist with my concerns. My daughter is in speech therapy and I have seen a little improvement with her since she started that! They have a lack of communication when it comes to report cards or daily reports.
I should not have to always take intiative to figure out what is going on with my child. Smh! I would not ever in my life recommend this school to anyone:(

Posted: April 27, 2014

Patterson is a great school over all . This was my son's first year there. I love the principal Dr. Thomas. When there is a concern with myself or other parents she doesn't waste time getting the situation resolved. I had a major concern about my son's reading and once I took my concern to her she helped me my giving my son the help he needed as a first grader...

Posted: March 4, 2014

This school is just a waste of time. The teacher there only help the kids they want to help. They are very disrespectful.

Posted: November 18, 2013

Patterson Elementary school and i HATE IT! the staff is very unprofessional, rude and GHETTO!

Posted: November 17, 2013

Patterson is a great school and my child is doing excellent in his classes.. Send your kids to Patterson its a wonderful school in Southwest DC.

Posted: October 24, 2010

Pattereson elementary is a overcrowded elementary school. My sons have special education needs,whiich at the beginning of last year were met but now have dissapated into nothing. The principal/school leadership is Iffy would be best to describe them. Long office waits, no straight answers , unresolved issues, below par teachers, constant confusion. Special education program is non-existent, Some teachers do not have a grip of their classes. Hiring of substitutes that are not qualified for the specific grade. If a issue occurs in the school with your child no calls notifications or nothing. They do have a great auto-notification system when it comes to attendance. There are only two teachers that go above and beyond to help the kids but everyone else is just getting a paycheck at the expense of the childrens education. I will my children as soon as I find a suitable school.

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