Montessori Public School of Arlington

Montessori Public School of Arlington is a public elementary school serving 517 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Arlington, Virginia. It earns a composite score of 9.0/10 — rated Exceptional — placing it #33 out of 1,850 public schools statewide and outperforming 98% of Virginia schools across the board. The school's most striking metric is its growth score of 10.0/10, a perfect mark indicating that students advance faster academically than peers at virtually every other school in the state.

Academic performance scores 7.7/10 independently, rounding out a profile that puts Montessori Public School of Arlington fifth among all 36 Arlington public schools. Zoom out to the state level, and it ranks 15th among Virginia's 1,147 public elementary schools — a result that reflects consistent performance, not a single strong data year. The student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1 supports the individualized pacing the Montessori model depends on, while the 517-student enrollment keeps the campus large enough to offer the resources of a full public school program.

For parents weighing elementary options in Northern Virginia, this school combines top-tier student growth with strong academic outcomes at a scale that works for the instructional model — a combination that is rare at any grade level, and rarer still in a public setting.