Enrollment
179
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000653
ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1201 UNIVERSITY BLVD N, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32211 · (904) 745-4900 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL179 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
100 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
56.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 56.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 49.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 179 | 55.9% | 45.7% |
| JACKSONVILLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY EAST JACKSONVILLE | 215 | 54.9% | 31.2% |
| RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER LEESBURG | 242 | 61.2% | N/A |
| BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER GAINESVILLE | 171 | 56.7% | 66.1% |
| REYNOLDS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 158 | 63.3% | 29.7% |
| PINECREST CREEK CHARTER ORLANDO | 119 | 53.8% | 60.1% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,541 of 2,136 | #66 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #1,280 of 2,149 ▲ 120 | #61 of 122 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #1,938 of 2,149 ▼ 182 | #87 of 122 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 179 | #2,130 of 2,267 | #123 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #1,044 of 2,188 | #58 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #306 of 1,374 | #26 of 80 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
179
-46 (-20%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 179 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 56% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 14 | 15.3:1 | 63% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 69% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 12 | 18.8:1 | 74% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 76% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 77% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 85% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 72% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, attend ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 179 students. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 70% smaller than that.
DUVAL runs ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 205 other schools, enrolling 131,562 students in total.
Black students form the largest group at ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 44% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 17% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Duval County's population at about 29%. By the diversity index, ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 69%.
Federal data list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers at ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.8:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The lunch program counts 56% of students at ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Duval County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.2% at ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.7%.
Among Duval County residents, median household income is about $71,277, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County, which together enroll about 141,209 students.
The nearest public school is ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 179 was 20% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 225. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.8:1 to 13.8:1.
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Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
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Other Arlington Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Arlington Elementary. ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 15th largest of the 17.
- Arlington ElementaryArlington, TN · 926 students
- Arlington Elementary SchoolJackson, TN · 626 students
- Arlington ElementaryTorrance, CA · 594 students
- Arlington ElementaryLawrence, MA · 558 students
- Arlington ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 529 students
Nearby schools
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 314
- IDEA RIVER BLUFF1.0 mi · 1,032
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS-JAX1.5 mi · 73
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY1.5 mi · 463
- LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 331
- GRASP ACADEMY1.7 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 179 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 17% White, 29% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
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