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5000 POLK AVE
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22304

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Phone: 703-461-4180

School Information

GreatSchools Rating: 4
Educational Climate: Above Average
Technology Measure: Medium-high
Type: Public
Grades: Kindergarten - 5th Grade
District: Alexandria City Public School District
Students/Teacher: 13
Students/Grade: 98.2
Number Students: 589
Number Teachers: 44
Number Classrooms: 30
Expense/Pupil: $7,500.00 - 8,199.99
Poverty Level: 6 - 15.9 PERCENT
Number Computers: 259
Number PCs: 013
Number Macs: 246
Principal: Ms Preeann Johnson

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School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (9 ratings)

Maximum Rating: 5

School Reviews (9 Reviews)

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Parent Review | Rating:

Posted 2011-06-11

"My son has attended Polk for 2 years. We have had a wonderful experience! He has completed K and 1st grade. He has had a great foundation for learning developed. The teachers have been positive and creative. He loves school! We are sad to be moving but grateful for the time he had at Polk. I highly recommend this school. The administration is great, office staff are wonderful and the PTA is very involved."

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Posted 2011-06-03

"well , my son is in 3 grade , all the time i need to send notes to help my son with the test, they never send home works and study guides. this school is the worst for parents with other lenguage."

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Posted 2011-02-26

"we recently moved to virginia from the south and my children had been in christian schools all their lives. that being said, we have had a wonderful experience at james k. polk elementary. having never went to public schools myself but having worked in them, i did not have good expectations honestly. however, the principal and staff proved me VERY wrong! they have been extremely caring and concerned for my children's adjustment to the new social environment as well as their academic adjustment. my 5th grader and 2nd grader have adjusted extremely well, and i am very grateful and actually sad it's time to transition my 5th grader - i wish we had another year at least!( my biggest concern is the lack of an ethnically diverse pta board; that is the one thing that bothered me... Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Thornton, Mrs. Bryant and Ms. Wieder - thank you!"

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Posted 2010-05-14

"Polk is a great school! The teachers are very smart and have high standards for the children. My child is in the 2nd grade and has attended polk since Kindergarten. She is smart, well adjusted, and seems to enjoy learning. She has had 3 wonderful teachers. Thank you Ms. Liverpool, Ms. Drasheff, and Ms. Ochs for your outstanding dedication. Mr. Brown, the ex-principal, was outstanding as well. As a parent, I was sorry to see him go."

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Posted 2010-04-17

"Polk School leadership has gone DOWN dramatically since they installed a new principal for the 2010 school year. The new principal is lazy, and the school lacks the discipline of the students and teachers that had made Polk a wonderful school for the previous 10 years."

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