Arabi Elementary School

Arabi Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Arabi, Louisiana, operated by St. Bernard Parish. Current enrollment sits at 567 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 453.

St. Bernard Parish runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,592 students. Arabi Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Arabi Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Black, 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the resource side, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at Arabi Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arabi Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Bernard Parish) records that median household income runs about $58,651, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, St. Bernard Parish runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students), of which Arabi Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Tech, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arabi Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arabi Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 27.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arabi Elementary School has edged down 11%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 567 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 13% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Arabi Elementary School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.