📍 851 e Hickory St, Arcadia, DeSoto County, 34266
Memorial Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arcadia, DeSoto County. The school has 793 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Memorial Elementary School enrolls 793 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 446 | 56% |
| White | 189 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 124 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
647 of the school's 793 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 612 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Memorial Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
Memorial Elementary School is one of 11 schools in DESOTO, based in ARCADIA, Florida. The district serves 4,155 students district-wide and employs 241 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 793 students, Memorial Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 378 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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