Alexandria City Public Schools
Public school district based in Alexandria, Virginia. NCES district ID 5100120; state ID VA-101.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
19
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
16,575
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,098.3
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 598 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,337 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,408 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,325 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,359 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,237 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,207 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,229 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,121 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,099 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,279 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,238 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,037 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,101 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% | |
| Asian | 6.6% | |
| Black or African American | 23.5% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 38.0% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.3% | |
| Two or more races | 4.8% | |
| White | 26.6% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.3% | |
| Male | 51.7% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 19.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria City High Alexandria | 9–12 | Regular | 4,655 | 305.8 | 15.2 | City: Midsize |
| Francis C. Hammond Middle Alexandria | 6–8 | Regular | 1,597 | 120.0 | 13.3 | City: Midsize |
| George Washington Middle Alexandria | 6–8 | Regular | 1,458 | 103.0 | 14.2 | City: Midsize |
| Patrick Henry K-8 School Alexandria | PK–8 | Regular | 1,075 | 60.0 | 17.9 | City: Midsize |
| Mount Vernon Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 933 | 51.5 | 18.1 | City: Midsize |
| James K. Polk Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 804 | 47.5 | 16.9 | City: Midsize |
| John Adams Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 743 | 49.4 | 15 | City: Midsize |
| Samuel W. Tucker Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 735 | 43.0 | 17.1 | City: Midsize |
| William Ramsay Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 689 | 45.0 | 15.3 | City: Midsize |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 680 | 42.8 | 15.9 | City: Midsize |
| Ferdinand T. Day Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 589 | 36.0 | 16.4 | City: Midsize |
| Charles Barrett Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 547 | 38.0 | 14.4 | City: Midsize |
| Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School Alexandria | PK–8 | Regular | 506 | 48.5 | 10.4 | City: Midsize |
| Lyles-Crouch Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 378 | 24.0 | 15.8 | City: Midsize |
| Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 337 | 22.9 | 14.7 | City: Midsize |
| George Mason Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 332 | 23.5 | 14.1 | City: Midsize |
| Naomi L. Brooks Elementary Alexandria | PK–5 | Regular | 319 | 21.3 | 15 | City: Midsize |
| Early Childhood Center Alexandria | PK | Regular | 198 | 16.2 | 12.2 | City: Midsize |
| Governor's Health Science Academy at T.C. Williams High Alexandria | — | Career and Technical | Not reported | Not reported | — | City: Midsize |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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