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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY·NCES 480015812532
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate
2800 B W ARKANSAS LN, ARLINGTON, TX 76016 · (817) 303-1553 · Tarrant County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
159 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 174 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 175 | 33% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate→Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School
Based on grade levels within ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 37.0% | 23.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 67.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 70.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 54.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate this school | 524 | 30.3% | 60.6% |
| Rogers Elementary School FRISCO | 472 | 30.1% | 46.3% |
| Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas Campus ARLINGTON | 473 | 28.1% | N/A |
| Carpenter Elementary School PFLUGERVILLE | 600 | 27.7% | 57.6% |
| P M Akin Elementary School WYLIE | 583 | 29.3% | 71.7% |
| Gary and Bobbye Jack Minshew Elementary School MCKINNEY | 433 | 31.4% | 60.0% |
Matched among Texas 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 Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #731 of 4,401 | #45 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,451 of 4,466 ▼ 656 | #79 of 339 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #862 of 4,466 ▼ 339 | #53 of 339 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.0pp | #179 of 3,998 | #15 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #2,300 of 4,938 | #153 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,539 of 4,622 | #288 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.1% | #29 of 4,628 | #11 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #4,205 of 4,789 | #306 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #2,827 of 2,838 | #242 of 242 |
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
524
0 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 524 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 31.7 | 16.4:1 | 32% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 31% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 19% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 28.9 | 18.2:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 19% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (525 to 524); teachers up 11% (28.9 to 32).
About Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate is a public elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas. Enrollment stands at 524 students, covering grades 3 through 5.
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate is a school in ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY. The district has 3 schools and 1,506 students.
About 33% of students at Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 15% Asian, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of Tarrant County, the White share is about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate reported 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Roughly 30% of students at Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Tarrant County averages 63%, higher than here.
In Texas, Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.6% actual against a predicted 60.7%.
In Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 639, with about 385,835 students.
Of the public schools around it, Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate is closest to Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas Campus, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large). Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
In 2020-21, Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate enrolled 524; in 2024-25, 524. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.4:1, from 18.1:1.
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Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY
- Arlington Classics Academy - Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas CampusElementary · 473 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas Campus0.0 mi · 473
- Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 557
- Short Elementary School0.9 mi · 406
- Bailey Junior High School0.9 mi · 754
- Duff Elementary School1.2 mi · 618
- Gunn Junior High School1.3 mi · 879
Frequently asked questions
About Arlington Classics Academy -IntermediateHow large is Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate?
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate enrolls approximately 524 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate serve?
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate?
At Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate, the student body is approximately 33% White, 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 15% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate public or private?
Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.