Arcadia High

Arcadia High is a secondary school of small scale in Oak Hall, Virginia, one of the schools within Accomack County Public Schools, caters to 688 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% smaller than the state mean of about 1,213.

Accomack County Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,623 students; Arcadia High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Arcadia High logs that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 34% Hispanic, 27% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Accomack County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Arcadia High has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Arcadia High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 98% 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, Arcadia High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.9%.

In the surrounding community, Accomack County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,993 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Accomack County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,623 students), of which Arcadia High is one.

Arcadia Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Arcadia High. On composite proficiency, Arcadia High comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arcadia High has increased 11%, going from 622 students in 2018 to 688 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 25% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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