Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School, 1701 N. Beauregard St.: grades K-5, 596 students in fall 2025, fully accredited, rated Approaching Expectations.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School, Alexandria City Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.

Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS). It serves kindergarten through fifth grade on North Beauregard Street in the city’s western end, near the Mark Center.

Who to call

  • Front office: 703-619-8430
  • Registrar (new students): Sara Carvajal-Morales, 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 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone 703-619-8430
Grades Kindergarten to 5
Website ftd.acps.k12.va.us
Division Alexandria City Public Schools

Principal

Principal Rachael Dischner, according to the school’s website, which calls her the school’s founding principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 596 students in fall 2025, compared with 589 in 2024 and 621 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile. The state count includes 33 pre-K students; ACPS lists the school as kindergarten to fifth grade.
  • Federal count: 621 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 19 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: 80.93, 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 43% 44% 53%
Math 42% 48% 56%
Science 43% 54% 61%

Pass rates in all three subjects have risen two years running; science is up 18 points since 2023-24. 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.

New elementary and middle school boundaries, approved by the School Board on June 12, 2025, took effect this school year; check the locator, and see the boundaries page for who could stay at a former school for a year or two.

Elementary students who live within one mile of school are expected to walk; see the Ferdinand T. Day 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 Ferdinand T. Day may apply to join the Spanish-English two-way dual language program at John Adams Elementary, 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

Ferdinand T. Day does not post a bell schedule on its website; call the front office for start and dismissal times.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Ferdinand T. Day serve?

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

How is Ferdinand T. Day rated by the state?

It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 80.93 and is rated Approaching Expectations.

Which high school does Ferdinand T. Day 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.