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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510012002549
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary
435 Ferdinand Day Dr, Alexandria, VA 22304 · (703) 933-6300 · Alexandria city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
566 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 | 22 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
78%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
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Samuel W. Tucker Elementary
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel W. Tucker Elementary this school | 735 | 77.0% | 63.8% |
| John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary Dumfries | 906 | 74.4% | 86.5% |
| Rocky Run Elementary Fredericksburg | 911 | 75.2% | 59.4% |
| James K. Polk Elementary Alexandria | 804 | 75.7% | 61.0% |
| Lake Ridge Elementary Woodbridge | 671 | 70.3% | 73.3% |
| Falmouth Elementary Falmouth | 724 | 78.7% | 57.8% |
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 Samuel W. Tucker Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Alexandria city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #743 of 1,101 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #884 of 1,111 ▼ 60 | #10 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #783 of 1,111 ▼ 84 | #5 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #150 of 1,176 | #5 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,025 of 1,105 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.5% | #8 of 1,106 | #1 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #536 of 1,157 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #460 of 759 | #8 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
735
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 735 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 77% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 736 | 45.5 | 16.2:1 | 77% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 62% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 53 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 52.2 | 15.6:1 | 60% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 61% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 44 | 15.5:1 | 53% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 50 | 11.7:1 | 57% (334) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel W. Tucker Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (815 to 735); teachers down 18% (52.2 to 43).
About Samuel W. Tucker Elementary
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Alexandria, Virginia. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 735 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary belongs to Alexandria City Public Schools, a district of 18 schools and 16,575 students.
At Samuel W. Tucker Elementary, the largest share of students is Black, at 29%. It is also 25% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 78% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary operates with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 17.1:1 here. Samuel W. Tucker Elementary reports 77% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Samuel W. Tucker Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Samuel W. Tucker Elementary is 3.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary is located in Alexandria city, where the median household income is $119,681, about 66% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Samuel W. Tucker Elementary, Alexandria city has 19 other public schools.
The school nearest to Samuel W. Tucker Elementary is Bush Hill Elementary, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Samuel W. Tucker Elementary places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 746 to 735, a small change. Students per teacher rose from 14.1 in 2020-21 to 17.1 in 2024-25.
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.
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
- Bush Hill Elementary1.1 mi · 673
- Clermont Elementary1.1 mi · 549
- Patrick Henry K-8 School1.2 mi · 1,075
- James K. Polk Elementary1.2 mi · 804
- Twain Middle1.2 mi · 1,026
- William Ramsay Elementary1.6 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel W. Tucker ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary?
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Samuel W. Tucker Elementary serve?
Samuel W. Tucker Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary is approximately 17.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary?
At Samuel W. Tucker Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 23% Hispanic, 29% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Samuel W. Tucker Elementary public or private?
Samuel W. Tucker 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.