Smothers Elementary School

Washington, DC 20019

Phone: (202) 939-3600
District: District Of Columbia Public Schools

4

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 250 students

Smothers 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.

Smothers Elementary School is a public school located in Washington, DC. 250 students attend Smothers Elementary School.

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Test Scores 2/10 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 6/10 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.

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We moved from VA - my daughter went here by default because we moved after the lottery. We lived on the ward 5 boarder- other schools were closer.- but this was our zone. While the principal was amazing in helping my child with her self esteem & getting her into therapy. Plus her counselor for therapy here was amazing too- but my daughters teacher quit early the school year & then their class had to join the other class. Mrs. Rose (the other teacher) may be one of the best teachers in the world and was amazing with children- but at lunch the kids would run wild. Having food fights running on the tables while yelling. The lunch staff could not handle the children the way Mrs. Rose did. All the chaos at lunch was a shock to my child and really affected her in a negative way. The school did have great office staff and had events for families but the children at the school were so unruly and most of instruction time was spent doing behavior control and getting the kids to settle down for learning. Luckily Mrs. Rose was kind and used music and songs to teach and settle the children without yelling handling it well but her first teacher who quit was not equipped for this type of school. Nor were the substitute teachers- hence the classes joining with the other teacher- Mrs Rose. As you can see the test scores are extremely low here and your child will not learn much. I ended up sending my kids to a private online school (via homeschool) to bridge the gap and help my daughter become literate and understand critical thinking skills. Overall great staff but they can only do but so much. The children misbehave so much and instead of suspending them or expelling them the school (and all of dc school systems) force the teachers to redirect and control the behavior of the children. With no real consequences for misbehavior (because funding for dc schools go by attendance - the higher the attendance- the more funding your school gets) DC schools - even the charter schools -have children who are so disruptive and disrespectful to the class/teachers - & honestly nothing much is done about it. We came from VA where itÂ’s 3 strikes your suspended for interrupting class instruction & 3 suspensions you are expelled. So much more learning gets done in VA. This review does not negate the excellent staff here at Smothers which is probably why the other ratings are so high. Compared to other dc schools we tried the staff here is by far one of best.

Posted: February 8, 2008

Posted: October 31, 2007

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9 Shirlington Neighborhood/Subdivision Arlington VA 8.8 mi
10 The Willoughby Condominium/Townhouse Chevy Chase MD 9.4 mi
11 Hillandale Neighborhood/Subdivision Silver Spring MD 9.6 mi
12 Midtown Alexandria Station Neighborhood/Subdivision Alexandria VA 9.9 mi
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14 Forest Knolls Neighborhood/Subdivision Silver Spring MD 10.3 mi
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1 Capitol Hill Washington DC 3.4 mi
2 Washington DC Washington D.C. DC 4.5 mi
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4 Pentagon City Arlington VA 7.3 mi
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6 National Harbor Fort Washington MD 8.6 mi
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