Campbell Elementary

Campbell Elementary is a close-knit elementary-level community in Arlington, Virginia, part of Arlington County Public Schools. The school educates 403 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Arlington County Public Schools, which oversees 36 schools and 27,950 students, Campbell Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Campbell Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Campbell Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Arlington County (around 31%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Campbell Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.6%, the actual is 79.3%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Arlington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $142,114 per year, about 77% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Arlington County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), of which Campbell Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Glen Forest Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Campbell Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Campbell Elementary's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 403). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 43% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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