Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School

As a mid-sized primary school in Alexandria, Virginia, Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School teaches 506 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Alexandria City Public Schools.

Across the 18 schools in Alexandria City Public Schools (16,575 students total), Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School lists that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Alexandria city's rate of about 69%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 65.0%; actual is 47.9%, a gap of -17.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Alexandria city indicate median household earnings sit near $119,681, roughly 66% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alexandria city's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,575 students), Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: George Washington Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 67.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 637 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 20% to 25%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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