Nottingham Elementary

Nottingham Elementary is one of the modestly sized primary schools in Arlington, Virginia, run under Arlington County Public Schools, with 382 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

Arlington County Public Schools comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 27,950 students; Nottingham Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nottingham Elementary records that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 16% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Arlington County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nottingham Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 86.8%, the actual is 94.3%, a residual of +7.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Arlington County reports that median household earnings sit near $142,114, roughly 77% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arlington County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), of which Nottingham Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Yorktown High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nottingham Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 92.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 27%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 382 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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