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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000110
Tuckahoe Elementary
6550 26th St N, Arlington, VA 22213 · (703) 228-5288 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
14 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 | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
47%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
95.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
96.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 96.0% |
| 2022-23 | 92.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
95.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 95% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Tuckahoe Elementary
Tuckahoe Elementary's state test result (95.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuckahoe Elementary this school | 448 | 3.1% | 95.4% |
| Discovery Elementary Arlington | 489 | 4.3% | 90.0% |
| Jamestown Elementary Arlington | 456 | 2.9% | 92.6% |
| Nottingham Elementary Arlington | 382 | 4.7% | 94.3% |
| Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary Hamilton | 417 | 10.1% | 84.8% |
| Butts Road Primary Chesapeake | 498 | 12.7% | N/A |
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 Tuckahoe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 95.4% | #7 of 1,101 | #1 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #10 of 1,111 ▼ 1 | #4 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #11 of 1,111 ▼ 2 | #2 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #709 of 1,176 | #20 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #988 of 1,105 | #25 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #811 of 1,106 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.1% | #1,152 of 1,157 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #252 of 759 | #12 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
448
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 33.5 | 13.5:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 35.5 | 12.4:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 31 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 34.5 | 15.6:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 3% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 7% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tuckahoe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (538 to 448); teachers down 22% (34.5 to 27).
About Tuckahoe Elementary
Students in Arlington, Virginia, attend Tuckahoe Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 448 students in pre-K through 5.
Tuckahoe Elementary is one of 36 schools in Arlington County Public Schools, which enrolls 27,950 students in total.
The largest group at Tuckahoe Elementary is White students, at 71%. Other students are 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. By comparison, Arlington County residents are about 60% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tuckahoe Elementary scores 47%.
A staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.6:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.7 students per teacher. By family income, 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points below the 31% average for public schools in Arlington County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Tuckahoe Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 95.4%; the prediction is 87.3%.
The school's county is Arlington County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $142,114, 77% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,950, Tuckahoe Elementary among them.
Nottingham Elementary is the nearest public school to Tuckahoe Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Tuckahoe Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Tuckahoe Elementary is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Federal data place Tuckahoe Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 3% decrease took enrollment from 461 in 2020-21 to 448 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.9:1 to 16.6:1.
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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 Tuckahoe Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tuckahoe Elementary. Tuckahoe Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Tuckahoe ElementaryRichmond, VA · 682 students
Nearby schools
- Nottingham Elementary0.7 mi · 382
- Jessie Thackrey Preschool0.9 mi · 73
- Cardinal Elementary1.0 mi · 682
- Haycock Elementary1.1 mi · 838
- Arlington Traditional1.2 mi · 624
- Mount Daniel Elementary1.2 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Tuckahoe ElementaryHow many students attend Tuckahoe Elementary?
Tuckahoe Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tuckahoe Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tuckahoe Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tuckahoe Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Tuckahoe Elementary.
How diverse is Tuckahoe Elementary?
Tuckahoe Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Tuckahoe Elementary?
Tuckahoe Elementary is overseen by Arlington County Public Schools in Arlington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.