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Alexandria City Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Alexandria City Public Schools runs 19 public schools with 16,575 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 16,575
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,098
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1340 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314
- Phone
- (703)619-8000
- County
- Alexandria city
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5100120
- State district ID
- VA-101
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,579
- School counselors (FTE)
- 65.0About 255 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 56.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
Virginia14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (15,775), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $331.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $28.2 million
- State revenue
- $57.3 million
- Local revenue
- $246.0 million
- Total spending
- $323.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,526
- Salaries
- $186.8 million57.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.5%
- State: 17.3%
- Local: 74.2%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,526
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Alexandria City Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 14 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alexandria City HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 4,655 | 15.3 |
| Charles Barrett Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 547 | 14.4 |
| Cora Kelly School for Math Science and TechnologyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 337 | 15.3 |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 680 | 16.2 |
| Early Childhood Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 198 | 12.4 |
| Ferdinand T. Day ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 589 | 16.4 |
| Francis C. Hammond MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,597 | 13.4 |
| George Mason Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 332 | 14.4 |
| George Washington Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,458 | 14.2 |
| Governor's Health Science Academy at T.C. Williams High | ||||
| James K. Polk ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 804 | 17.1 |
| Jefferson-Houston PK-8 SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 506 | 10.5 |
| John Adams ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 743 | 15.2 |
| Lyles-Crouch Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 378 | 15.8 |
| Mount Vernon Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 933 | 18.3 |
| Naomi L. Brooks Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 319 | 15.2 |
| Patrick Henry K-8 SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 1,075 | 17.9 |
| Samuel W. Tucker ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 735 | 17.1 |
| William Ramsay ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 689 | 15.3 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.