Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School, 600 Russell Road: grades K-5, 305 students in fall 2025, fully accredited, rated Meets Expectations.

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

Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS). It serves kindergarten through fifth grade on Russell Road. Its framework score of 94.39 is the second highest in ACPS. The school was Matthew Maury Elementary until the School Board voted 9-0 on Nov. 23, 2020, to change the name, according to the division’s Identity Project page.

Who to call

  • Front office: 703-706-4440
  • Registrar (new students): Vanessa Ingram, 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 600 Russell Road, Alexandria, VA 22301
Phone 703-706-4440
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School hours 8 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
Website nlb.acps.k12.va.us
Division Alexandria City Public Schools

Principal

Principal Suzanne M. Hess, according to the school’s website. Courtney Carrico has been the assistant principal since 2021.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 305 students in fall 2025, compared with 320 in 2024 and 346 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile. The state count includes eight pre-K students.
  • Federal count: 345 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 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: 94.39, rated Meets 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 75% 78% 81%
Math 69% 79% 82%
Science 70% 77% 81%

Pass rates in all three subjects have risen two years running; math is up 13 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 Naomi L. Brooks 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 Naomi L. Brooks 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 8 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the school’s schedules page, with breakfast from 7:30 a.m. and a first bell at 7:55 a.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Naomi L. Brooks serve?

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

How is Naomi L. Brooks rated by the state?

It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 94.39 and is rated Meets Expectations.

What was Naomi L. Brooks Elementary called before?

Matthew Maury Elementary. The School Board voted 9-0 on Nov. 23, 2020, to change the name.

Which high school does Naomi L. Brooks 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.