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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510012003053
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary
1701 N Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311 · (703) 619-8125 · Alexandria city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest 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
16.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
525 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
44.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Ferdinand T. Day Elementary
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand T. Day Elementary this school | 589 | 89.1% | 49.9% |
| Woodbrook Elementary Charlottesville | 522 | 90.0% | 39.5% |
| Dumbarton Elementary Richmond | 684 | 90.2% | 45.8% |
| Mary Carr Greer Elementary Charlottesville | 520 | 85.4% | 49.1% |
| Ridge Elementary Richmond | 512 | 87.7% | 40.7% |
| Washington Mill Elementary Alexandria | 592 | 78.9% | 61.5% |
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 Ferdinand T. Day Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Alexandria city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #975 of 1,101 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,041 of 1,111 ▲ 3 | #12 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,059 of 1,111 ▲ 6 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #381 of 1,176 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #960 of 1,105 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #175 of 1,106 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #354 of 1,157 | #3 of 14 |
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
589
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 589 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 89% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 87% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 87% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 30 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferdinand T. Day Elementary.
About Ferdinand T. Day Elementary
In Alexandria, Virginia, Ferdinand T. Day Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 589 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Alexandria City Public Schools (18 schools, 16,575 students) runs Ferdinand T. Day Elementary.
About 39% of students at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 30% Black, 16% White, 11% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Alexandria city, the Hispanic share is about 18%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
On staff are 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. About 89% of students at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 69% average among public schools in Alexandria city.
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ferdinand T. Day Elementary is -14.0 points: 49.9% actual, 63.8% predicted.
The county, Alexandria city, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $119,681 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 66%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Ferdinand T. Day Elementary, Alexandria city has 20 public schools.
John Adams Elementary, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Ferdinand T. Day Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ferdinand T. Day Elementary ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 604 to 589, a small change. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 20.1 in 2020-21.
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Alexandria city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,976
Census ACS
Median income
$119,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
66%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
16,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alexandria City Public Schools
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Francis C. Hammond MiddleMiddle · 1,597 students
- George Washington MiddleMiddle · 1,458 students
- Patrick Henry K-8 SchoolElementary · 1,075 students
- Mount Vernon ElementaryElementary · 933 students
- James K. Polk ElementaryElementary · 804 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Nearby schools
- John Adams Elementary0.2 mi · 743
- Early Childhood Center0.2 mi · 198
- William Ramsay Elementary0.5 mi · 689
- Francis C. Hammond Middle0.8 mi · 1,597
- James K. Polk Elementary0.8 mi · 804
- Glasgow Middle1.0 mi · 1,702
Frequently asked questions
About Ferdinand T. Day ElementaryHow large is Ferdinand T. Day Elementary?
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary enrolls approximately 589 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ferdinand T. Day Elementary serve?
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary?
At Ferdinand T. Day Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 39% Hispanic, 30% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Ferdinand T. Day Elementary public or private?
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alexandria City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.