Douglas MacArthur Elementary School, 1101 Janneys Lane: grades K-5, 697 students in fall 2025, fully accredited, rated Approaching Expectations.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Douglas MacArthur Elementary School, Alexandria City Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.

Douglas MacArthur Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS). It serves kindergarten through fifth grade on Janneys Lane, and its score of 87.81 is the highest among the 12 ACPS schools rated Approaching Expectations.

Who to call

  • Front office: 703-619-8520
  • Registrar (new students): Melanie Young, per the registrars list
  • ACPS central office: 703-619-8000, 1340 Braddock Place; questions to ask@acps.k12.va.us
  • Buses: ACPS Office of Pupil Transportation, 703-461-4169
Address 1101 Janneys Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302
Phone 703-619-8520
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School hours 7:50 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
Website dm.acps.k12.va.us
Division Alexandria City Public Schools

Principal

Principal Penny Hairston, according to the school’s website, which says she has led the school since 2020. Paul George and Christopher Speich are assistant principals.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 697 students in fall 2025, compared with 681 in 2024 and 642 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile. The state count includes 75 pre-K students; ACPS lists the school as kindergarten to fifth grade.
  • Federal count: 640 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.

State report card

Virginia rates each school two ways on its School Quality Profile. Accreditation shows whether the school has submitted, and the state has approved, the evidence the Standards of Accreditation require. The School Performance and Support Framework gives each school a score and one of four performance levels: Distinguished, Meets Expectations, Approaching Expectations or Needs Intensive Support.

  • Accreditation, 2025-26: Fully Accredited
  • Framework score: 87.81, rated Approaching Expectations, in the division summary

Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed, grades 3 to 5):

Subject 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
English reading 76% 69% 72%
Math 75% 71% 72%
Science 82% 69% 70%

The full profile also reports attendance, spending and teacher data.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Look up an address in the ACPS Attendance Zone Locator, which shows its elementary, middle and high school for 2026-27 and whether a student qualifies for a bus. ACPS publishes its elementary-to-middle feeder patterns as maps on the redistricting page instead of as a list, so the locator is the reliable check for a single address. Every ACPS student goes on to Alexandria City High School.

Rezoning: under the boundaries the School Board approved June 12, 2025, some MacArthur neighborhoods were moved to George Mason Elementary, which is being renovated. MacArthur students in kindergarten through second grade from those areas moved to George Mason’s temporary building on North Beauregard Street this school year, while students then in third and fourth grade could defer the move, according to the boundaries page.

Elementary students who live within one mile of school are expected to walk; see the Douglas MacArthur walk zone map. In kindergarten, a school that is over its class-size limit holds a lottery among registered students and places some at another ACPS school. Our Alexandria schools guide covers the rezoning.

Programs

Kindergartners at Douglas MacArthur may apply to join the Spanish-English two-way dual language program at Mount Vernon Community School, if there is room, under the ACPS program transfer rules.

Calendar and bell times

From the ACPS 2026-27 traditional calendar:

  • Friday, Oct. 30: end of first quarter
  • Monday, Nov. 2, and Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school (teacher work day, then Election Day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • Thursday, June 17, 2027: last day of school

School hours are 7:50 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the school’s schedules page, which also posts lunch times by grade.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Douglas MacArthur serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to Alexandria City Public Schools.

How is Douglas MacArthur rated by the state?

It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 87.81 and is rated Approaching Expectations.

What time does Douglas MacArthur Elementary start?

School hours are 7:50 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the school’s schedules page.

Which high school does Douglas MacArthur feed into?

Alexandria City High School, the city’s only public high school. The middle school depends on the address; check the ACPS Attendance Zone Locator.