Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000761
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1520 SPRINKLE DR, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32211 · (904) 745-4923 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
203 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
74%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
48.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 46.2% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 314 | 64.6% | 40.8% |
| CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 398 | 63.6% | 40.6% |
| MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEM PINELLAS PARK | 433 | 67.0% | 56.7% |
| STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 403 | 59.1% | 40.9% |
| PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINELLAS PARK | 483 | 63.1% | 57.2% |
| HOGAN-SPRING GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 435 | 56.6% | 35.0% |
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 HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,771 of 2,136 | #74 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,626 of 2,149 ▼ 54 | #80 of 122 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,020 of 2,149 ▼ 331 | #101 of 122 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,961 of 2,267 | #102 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #2,065 of 2,077 | #117 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #36 of 2,108 | #10 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #704 of 2,188 | #36 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #736 of 1,374 | #48 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
314
+36 (+13%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 314 | 12 | 26.2:1 | 65% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 14 | 18.1:1 | 68% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 14 | 20.7:1 | 78% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 15 | 18.5:1 | 76% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 79% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 79% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 83% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 28 | 20.3:1 | 78% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 31 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school for students in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The school enrolls 314 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 48% below average.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in DUVAL. The district has 206 schools and 131,562 students.
Of every 100 students at ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 37 are Black, the largest group. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 22% White, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Duval County is about 29% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 26.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. The school reported 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Duval County average 47%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -8.0 points: 40.8% actual, 48.8% predicted.
Census data for Duval County show the median household earns about $71,277 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Duval County number 220, with about 141,209 students.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.8% against a local average of 40.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% increase, from 278 to 314. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.5:1 to 26.2:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other Arlington Heights Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Arlington Heights Elementary. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Arlington Heights ElementaryCitrus Heights, CA · 329 students
- Arlington Heights ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 308 students
- Arlington Heights Elementary SchoolStroudsburg, PA · 215 students
Nearby schools
- ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 179
- IDEA RIVER BLUFF0.9 mi · 1,032
- TERRY PARKER HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,539
- LAKE LUCINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 331
- PARKWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 322
- LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
How diverse is ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 22% White, 26% Hispanic, 37% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.