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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000087
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary
3500 South 23rd Street, Arlington, VA 22206 · (703) 228-5825 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
242 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
59.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 72% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary this school | 417 | 58.0% | 55.9% |
| Salem Elementary Fredericksburg | 573 | 64.9% | 60.3% |
| Dumfries Elementary Dumfries | 441 | 71.9% | 61.5% |
| Randolph Elementary Arlington | 430 | 57.9% | 57.3% |
| James River Elementary Williamsburg | 449 | 64.4% | 60.8% |
| Spotswood Elementary Fredericksburg | 526 | 65.4% | 70.3% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #904 of 1,101 | #24 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #903 of 1,111 ▲ 55 | #24 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #963 of 1,111 ▼ 54 | #24 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #769 of 1,176 | #23 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #29 of 1,105 | #4 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #270 of 1,106 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #773 of 1,157 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.0% | #10 of 759 | #1 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
417
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 417 | 41.3 | 10.1:1 | 58% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 48.3 | 9.0:1 | 70% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 47 | 10.0:1 | 74% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 37 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 51.7 | 13.4:1 | 52% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 28 | 23.5:1 | 55% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 52% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 37 | 9.7:1 | 50% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (695 to 417); teachers down 20% (51.7 to 41.3).
About Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Arlington, Virginia. It serves 417 students in pre-K through 5.
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is one of 36 schools in Arlington County Public Schools, which enrolls 27,950 students in total.
At Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 43%. It is also 30% Black, 16% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Arlington County is roughly 16% Hispanic. Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 58% of students, or 242, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Arlington County average 31%.
allk12 grades Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary are 16.4 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.9%, compared with a predicted 72.3%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Census Bureau estimates for Arlington County show that the median household income is $142,114, 77% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is one of 42 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is Charles Barrett Elementary, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 422 in 2020-21, 417 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.4:1 to 10.1:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Arlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,254
Census ACS
Median income
$142,114
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
77%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,950 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arlington County Public Schools
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary. Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementarySilver Spring, MD · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Charles Barrett Elementary0.7 mi · 547
- Abingdon Elementary0.7 mi · 768
- Randolph Elementary0.8 mi · 430
- Oakridge Elementary0.9 mi · 636
- Gunston Middle0.9 mi · 1,072
- Claremont Immersion1.0 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary serve?
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
Student demographics at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary are roughly 16% White, 43% Hispanic, 30% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary public or private?
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Arlington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.