John Fox Slater Elementary School is an historic structure located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood in Washington, D.C.

The school was named for John Fox Slater (1829-1897), a white industrialist and philanthropist from Rhode Island.

[2] The John Mercer Langston School was built next door to ease the overcrowded conditions at Slater.

Slater Elementary School is a two-story, red brick building that was designed in the Romanesque Revival style.

The structure features projecting pavilions, gables, towers, and molded brick string courses.