ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized elementary campus in ARLINGTON, Nebraska, ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 372 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 37% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS (702 students total), ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.5%, the actual is 73.6%, a residual of +6.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $94,396 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 3,728 students).

ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 3% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.