Elementary · Virginia

John Adams Elementary

Free meals for all

John Adams Elementary, a public elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 743 students, 15.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Alexandria City Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 743
Teachers (FTE): 49.4
Students per teacher: 15.0
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared

More students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 88% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared

Larger than 92% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Alexandria City Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Alexandria City Public Schools.

Location

Address: 5651 Rayburn Ave, Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: (703)824-6970
City or town: Alexandria
County: Alexandria city

Quality of life in Alexandria Schools in Alexandria

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Ferdinand T. Day ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	589	16.4	0.2 mi
William Ramsay ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	689	15.3	0.5 mi
James K. Polk ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	804	16.9	1.0 mi
Patrick Henry K-8 SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	1,075	17.9	1.3 mi
Parklawn ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	963	14.0	1.5 mi
Claremont Immersion	Pre-K–5	595	14.5	1.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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