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What's one thing Arcadia Elem School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATTESON ESD 162·NCES 172502002717
Arcadia Elementary School
20519 Arcadian Dr, Olympia Fields, IL 60461 · (708) 747-3535 · Cook County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
225 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (102).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.9pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +20.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 17.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Arcadia Elementary School
Arcadia Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Elementary School this school | 516 | 43.6% | 36.1% |
| Matteson Elementary School Matteson | 420 | 43.3% | 27.9% |
| Wagoner Elementary School Sauk Village | 466 | 50.6% | N/A |
| Clissold Elementary School Chicago | 508 | 33.7% | 26.4% |
| Hoover Elementary School Calumet City | 571 | 35.0% | 16.9% |
| National Teachers Elementary Academy Chicago | 795 | 46.2% | 34.6% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Arcadia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,055 of 1,925 | #300 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,039 of 2,077 ▲ 253 | #304 of 829 ▲ 103 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,160 of 2,077 ▲ 298 | #376 of 829 ▲ 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #487 of 2,419 | #237 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #894 of 2,035 | #416 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #1,533 of 2,042 | #575 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #1,468 of 2,132 | #641 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.2% | #174 of 615 | #44 of 186 |
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
516
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 288
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 | 516 | 39.7 | 13.0:1 | 44% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 38.3 | 13.9:1 | 49% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 37.9 | 14.7:1 | 57% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 30.4 | 14.7:1 | 74% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 72% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 69% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 288 | 16 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arcadia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (448 to 516); teachers up 30% (30.4 to 39.7).
About Arcadia Elementary School
Arcadia Elementary School is an elementary school in Olympia Fields, Illinois, reachable at (708) 747-3535. The school counted 516 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 4. It has 35% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Across its 7 schools, Matteson ESD 162 enrolls 2,405 students. Arcadia Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of Black students at Arcadia Elementary School is 87%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 22% Black. The diversity index for Arcadia Elementary School is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Arcadia Elementary School, there are about 13.0 students; the school has 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 44%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Arcadia Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Arcadia Elementary School is 10.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.1% versus 46.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Cook County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Arcadia Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Rich Township High School is about 0.5 miles from Arcadia Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 36.1% is above the 30.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Arcadia Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 549 (2020-21) to 516 (2024-25).
This page collects posts and questions about Arcadia Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matteson ESD 162
- O W Huth Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Matteson Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- Illinois SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Sauk Elementary SchoolMiddle · 281 students
- Indiana Elementary SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Richton Square SchoolElementary · 161 students
Other schools in Olympia Fields
- Rich Township High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
Other Arcadia Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Arcadia Elementary. Arcadia Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Arcadia ElementaryArcadia, WI · 531 students
- Arcadia ElementaryDeer Park, WA · 455 students
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 418 students
- Arcadia ElementarySpartanburg, SC · 400 students
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Rich Township High School0.5 mi · 2,433
- Matteson Elementary School0.9 mi · 420
- O W Huth Middle School1.0 mi · 421
- Indiana Elementary School1.1 mi · 215
- Illinois School1.4 mi · 391
- Heather Hill Elementary School1.6 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Arcadia Elementary SchoolHow large is Arcadia Elementary School?
Arcadia Elementary School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Arcadia Elementary School serve?
Arcadia Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Arcadia Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Arcadia Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arcadia Elementary School?
At Arcadia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 8% Hispanic, 87% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Arcadia Elementary School public or private?
Arcadia Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Matteson ESD 162.
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