Highland Oaks Elementary

As a mid-tier primary school in Arcadia, California, Highland Oaks Elementary works with 655 students from grades K through 5, operated by Arcadia Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Highland Oaks Elementary sits 41% above that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Arcadia Unified (9,061 students total), Highland Oaks Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Highland Oaks Elementary reports that Asian students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% White. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Highland Oaks Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Highland Oaks Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Foothills Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highland Oaks Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highland Oaks Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 655 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 19% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Highland Oaks Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.