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If you could change one rule at George G. Tyler Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001300
George G. Tyler Elementary
14500 John Marshall Hwy, Gainesville, VA 20155 · (703) 754-7181 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
345 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 80.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like George G. Tyler Elementary
George G. Tyler Elementary's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George G. Tyler Elementary this school | 490 | 70.4% | 79.5% |
| Victory Elementary Bristow | 661 | 69.7% | 84.4% |
| Westridge Elementary Woodbridge | 642 | 70.2% | 84.4% |
| Rockledge Elementary Woodbridge | 495 | 69.5% | 70.9% |
| Agnor Elementary Charlottesville | 523 | 70.9% | 63.3% |
| R.C. Longan Elementary Richmond | 491 | 89.4% | 57.8% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where George G. Tyler Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #319 of 1,101 | #23 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #382 of 1,111 ▲ 28 | #25 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #284 of 1,111 ▼ 10 | #15 of 64 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #611 of 1,176 | #51 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,082 of 1,105 | #61 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #87 of 1,106 | #18 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #666 of 1,157 | #29 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #560 of 759 | #34 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
490
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 490 | 26.4 | 18.6:1 | 70% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 27.2 | 17.2:1 | 35% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 26.3 | 17.1:1 | 31% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 30.7 | 17.2:1 | 24% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 19% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 27% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 28 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George G. Tyler Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (527 to 490); teachers down 14% (30.7 to 26.4).
About George G. Tyler Elementary
George G. Tyler Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Gainesville, Virginia, under Prince William County Public Schools. The school's enrollment of 490 students covers pre-K through 5.
The district for George G. Tyler Elementary is Prince William County Public Schools, with 95 schools and 90,242 students.
George G. Tyler Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 40%. Other students are 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 43% White, within a few points of the school. George G. Tyler Elementary has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.6:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 70% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The 55% average for public schools in Prince William County is 15 points lower.
George G. Tyler Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.9%. George G. Tyler Elementary scores 79.5%.
Within Prince William County, median household income is about $131,402, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Prince William County number 102 and enroll about 89,591.
The nearest public school is Buckland Mills Elementary, at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, George G. Tyler Elementary ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
George G. Tyler Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, George G. Tyler Elementary went from 463 students to 490. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.5:1 in 2020-21, and 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gainesville MiddleMiddle · 1,403 students
- Bull Run MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Buckland Mills ElementaryElementary · 735 students
- Glenkirk ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Pace WestElementary
Nearby schools
- Buckland Mills Elementary0.9 mi · 735
- Bull Run Middle1.5 mi · 1,129
- Haymarket Elementary1.6 mi · 963
- Gainesville Middle2.1 mi · 1,403
- Mountain View Elementary2.2 mi · 418
- Gainesville High2.2 mi · 2,648
Frequently asked questions
About George G. Tyler ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at George G. Tyler Elementary?
George G. Tyler Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does George G. Tyler Elementary serve?
George G. Tyler Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does George G. Tyler Elementary have?
George G. Tyler Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
How diverse is George G. Tyler Elementary?
George G. Tyler Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% Black, 21% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees George G. Tyler Elementary?
George G. Tyler Elementary is overseen by Prince William County Public Schools in Prince William County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.