📍 3740 Arcadia Drive, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, 35404
Arcadia Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tuscaloosa City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
Arcadia Elementary School enrolls 440 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 12% White and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 319 | 73% |
| White | 53 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
230 of the school's 440 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Arcadia Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-70.
Arcadia Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Tuscaloosa City, based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The district serves 11,230 students district-wide and employs 641 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 440 students, Arcadia Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 562 students per school.
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