Alice West Fleet Elementary

Set in Arlington, Virginia, Alice West Fleet Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus, part of Arlington County Public Schools. It serves 629 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 499.

Arlington County Public Schools runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 27,950 students. Alice West Fleet Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alice West Fleet Elementary records that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Alice West Fleet Elementary has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 40% of students at Alice West Fleet Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Arlington County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Alice West Fleet Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.3%; this one delivers 69.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Arlington County shows median household earnings sit near $142,114, roughly 77% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Arlington County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), Alice West Fleet Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Jefferson Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alice West Fleet Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alice West Fleet Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 661 students in 2018 compared to 629 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 38% to 29%.

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