Schools · Alexandria
Alexandria, VA schools
32 public, charter and private schools in Alexandria. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Alexandria’s School Grade: D
The public schools Alexandria’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 92% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresD-Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 8%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (141)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 5,194 tested students and a graduating class of 1,053; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Alexandria City)40%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
76% graduate on time
Graduation rate
76%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
1,053
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #246 of 249 VA towns →
Districts
The district serving Alexandria
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Alexandria is home to Washington University of Science and Technology
More about Washington University of Science and Technology →Every school
All 32 schools in Alexandria
Showing 1–30 of 32 schools
Patrick Henry K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,075 students
C-PublicMount Vernon ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 933 students
DPublicJames K. Polk ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 804 students
DPublicJohn Adams ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 743 students
C-PublicSamuel W. Tucker ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 735 students
C-PublicWilliam Ramsay ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 689 students
D-PublicDouglas MacArthur ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 680 students
C+PublicFerdinand T. Day ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 589 students
D-PublicCharles Barrett ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 547 students
CPublicJefferson-Houston PK-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 506 students
DPublicLyles-Crouch ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 378 students
B+PublicCora Kelly School for Math Science and TechnologyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 337 students
D-PublicGeorge Mason ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 332 students
C+PublicNaomi L. Brooks ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 319 students
C+PublicThe Basilica School of ST. MaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 739 students
PrivateImmanuel Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 348 students
PrivateBlessed Sacrament Grade School & Early Childhood CElementary · Grades PK–8 · 278 students
PrivateAlexandria Country Day SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 199 students
PrivateGrace Episcopal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 111 students
PrivateVinci School LLCElementary · Grades PK–K · 87 students
PrivateThe Linder AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 73 students
PrivateThe del Ray Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 51 students
PrivateBlue Bird of Alexandria IIElementary · Grades PK–1 · 44 students
PrivateFrancis C. Hammond MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,597 students
DPublicGeorge Washington MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,458 students
B-PublicAlexandria City HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 4,655 students
C+PublicBishop Ireton High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 921 students
PrivateEpiscopal High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 466 students
PrivateEarly Childhood CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 198 students
PublicGovernor's Health Science Academy at T.C. Williams High
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.