Arcadia Elementary School

Arcadia Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, part of Tuscaloosa City. Current enrollment sits at 418 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Tuscaloosa City runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,230 students. Arcadia Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Arcadia Elementary School records that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Arcadia Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Arcadia Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 42.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tuscaloosa County put median household earnings sit near $66,231, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arcadia Elementary School is one of 58 public schools in Tuscaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students).

Nearest neighbor: The Alberta School of Performing Arts, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Arcadia Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

Arcadia Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 35%: 310 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 30% to 11%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.