ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate K-5 school in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, part of DUVAL. The school hosts 314 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.

DUVAL runs 206 schools in total, collectively educating 131,562 students. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 22% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Duval County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 53% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.