Arcado Elementary School

Arcado Elementary School is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Lilburn, Georgia, run under Gwinnett County, teacheing 905 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Gwinnett County comprises 141 schools with combined enrollment of 182,518 students; Arcado Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Arcado Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Asian, 22% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Arcado Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Gwinnett County put the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which Arcado Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Lilburn Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arcado Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 1,003 students in 2018 compared to 905 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 26% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.