Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510012000048
Naomi L. Brooks Elementary
600 Russell Rd, Alexandria, VA 22301 · (703) 706-4440 · Alexandria city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
120 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
62%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
78.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Naomi L. Brooks Elementary
Naomi L. Brooks Elementary's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi L. Brooks Elementary this school | 319 | 37.6% | 73.0% |
| Meadows of Dan Elementary Meadows of Dan | 300 | 32.7% | 73.5% |
| Kempsville Meadows Elementary Virginia Beach | 438 | 43.8% | 66.4% |
| Waller Mill Elementary Williamsburg | 445 | 38.7% | 85.5% |
| J. Blaine Blayton Elementary Williamsburg | 481 | 43.9% | 72.3% |
| Lyles-Crouch Elementary Alexandria | 378 | 22.0% | 79.3% |
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 Naomi L. Brooks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Alexandria city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #494 of 1,101 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #420 of 1,111 ▲ 205 | #2 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #376 of 1,111 ▲ 63 | #2 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #948 of 1,176 | #14 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #768 of 1,105 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #507 of 1,106 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #873 of 1,157 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #85 of 759 | #3 of 11 |
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
319
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 319 | 21.3 | 15.0:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 34% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 33% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 26.3 | 16.3:1 | 34% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 39% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 255 | 29 | 8.8:1 | 67% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 20 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Naomi L. Brooks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (429 to 319); teachers down 19% (26.3 to 21.3).
About Naomi L. Brooks Elementary
Naomi L. Brooks Elementary is an elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia, and it is part of Alexandria City Public Schools. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 319 students. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
Naomi L. Brooks Elementary belongs to Alexandria City Public Schools, a district of 18 schools and 16,575 students.
The largest group at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary is White students, at 52%. Other students are 31% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Alexandria city residents are about 51% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
There are about 15.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary, which has 21.3. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary is about 38%. That rate is below the 69% average among public schools in Alexandria city.
On the allk12 Grade, Naomi L. Brooks Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The model predicts 77.9% for a school in Virginia with Naomi L. Brooks Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Naomi L. Brooks Elementary posts 73.0%.
In the surrounding county, Alexandria city, median household income comes to about $119,681, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 66% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 16,575 students.
George Washington Middle is the nearest public school to Naomi L. Brooks Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 63.9% proficiency; Naomi L. Brooks Elementary posts 73.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Naomi L. Brooks Elementary had a net loss of 32 students, or 9%.
People who know Naomi L. Brooks Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
- George Washington Middle0.6 mi · 1,458
- Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School0.7 mi · 506
- Douglas MacArthur Elementary1.0 mi · 680
- Mount Vernon Elementary1.1 mi · 933
- George Mason Elementary1.2 mi · 332
- Alexandria City High1.3 mi · 4,655
Frequently asked questions
About Naomi L. Brooks ElementaryHow many students attend Naomi L. Brooks Elementary?
Naomi L. Brooks Elementary enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Naomi L. Brooks Elementary serve?
Naomi L. Brooks Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary?
At Naomi L. Brooks Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 7% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Naomi L. Brooks Elementary public or private?
Naomi L. Brooks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alexandria City Public Schools.
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