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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Samuel W. Tucker Elementary, Alexandria, VA

CEP schoolSamuel W. Tucker Elementary is a public elementary school in Alexandria, part of Alexandria City Public Schools. It enrolled 735 students in 2024-25, with 17.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
735
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
17.1
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.0 higher than the district figure of 15.1. The Virginia average across schools is 14.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.1
District15.1
Virginia14.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
435 Ferdinand Day Dr, Alexandria, VA 22304
Phone
(703)933-6300
District
Alexandria City Public Schools
County
Alexandria city
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
510012002549
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
566
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
56677.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
566Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Alexandria City Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Alexandria

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.