NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Arcadia, CA

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12 public K-12 schools in Arcadia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
9,697
Students
33.9/100
Avg Resource Index
24.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large system with a dominant campus

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Arcadia has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Arcadia sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Arcadia High alone enrolls 30.3% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Arcadia's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 38-point gap between Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) and Baldwin Stocker Elementary shows the range hidden by Arcadia's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 20%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
2nd percentile

Arcadia High accounts for 30.3% of all Arcadia public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Arcadia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Arcadia school enrollment varies 46× across entities

Arcadia school enrollment ranges from 64 students (lowest) to 2,939 students (highest), a spread of 2,875 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Arcadia student-teacher ratio is 24.5:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) 65
2. Arcadia High 40
3. First Avenue Middle 36
4. Rio Hondo Elementary 36
5. Foothills Middle 31
6. Highland Oaks Elementary 30
7. Hugo Reid Elementary 30
8. Camino Grove Elementary 29
9. Holly Avenue Elementary 28
10. Richard Henry Dana Middle 28
11. Baldwin Stocker Elementary 27
12. Longley Way Elementary 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Arcadia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) 73.3/100
  2. 2 Hugo Reid Elementary 60.9/100
  3. 3 Highland Oaks Elementary 53.6/100
  4. 4 Foothills Middle 51.5/100
  5. 5 Arcadia High 50.6/100

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Which Arcadia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Arcadia schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Arcadia, CA? ▼

Arcadia has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,697 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.