Editing Arcadia, California (section)

==Education==
For primary and secondary education the city is served by the [[Arcadia Unified School District]]. Reading scores for the AUSD are 76.6% higher than the state average and math scores are 67.9% higher than the state average.<ref name="district.ausd.net">{{cite web |url=http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20081026195129/http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2008 |title=Welcome to the Arcadia Unified School District – Home |publisher=District.ausd.net |access-date=January 24, 2011  }}</ref> It is estimated that 88% of Arcadia students are at public schools and 12% in private and/or parochial institutions.

Arcadia Unified School District<ref name="district.ausd.net"/> has one highly ranked and prestigious high school, [[Arcadia High School (Arcadia, California)|Arcadia High School]]. It is among the few public high schools in California to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.org/california/arcadia/1464-Arcadia-High-School/ |title=Arcadia High School – Arcadia, California – CA – School overview |publisher=Greatschools.org |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> There are three middle schools, and six elementary schools, two which are winners in the United States Department of Education's [[Blue Ribbon Schools]] program.<ref>{{cite web|last=Manzano|first=Roberto J.|title=Articles about Elementary Schools Los Angeles County – Los Angeles Times|url=http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/elementary-schools-los-angeles-county|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103084557/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/elementary-schools-los-angeles-county|archive-date=November 3, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2011|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Approximately five percent of California schools are awarded this honor each year following a rigorous selection process. Eligibility is based on federal and state criteria including the [[No Child Left Behind]] program, [[Academic Performance Index]] (API), and [[Adequate Yearly Progress]] (AYP). The requirements are many and strict, and are based on such areas as a strong curriculum, solid library media services, professional teachers, and counseling programs at all grade levels.<ref>[http://www.cde.ca.gov/ope/csrp/ cde.ca.gov] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402034825/http://www.cde.ca.gov/ope/csrp/|date=April 2, 2004|title=California School Recognition Program}}</ref> In 2010, ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' ranked Arcadia as the best place to raise children in the state of California for the second year in a row, citing the city's excellent school system as one of the factors in addition to the low crime rate.<ref name="images.businessweek.com">{{cite web|title=Best Places to Raise Your Kids: 2010: Best Place to Raise Your Kids: California – BusinessWeek|url=http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1117_best_places_to_raise_kids/6.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120180414/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1117_best_places_to_raise_kids/6.htm|archive-date=November 20, 2009|access-date=January 24, 2011|publisher=Images.businessweek.com}}</ref>

===Elementary schools===
*Baldwin Stocker Elementary	422 West Lemon Ave.,	grades K–5,	 673 students
*Camino Grove Elementary	700 Camino Grove Ave.,	K–5,	 635 students
*Highland Oaks Elementary	10 Virginia Dr., K–5,  698 students
*Holly Avenue Elementary	360 West Duarte Rd., K–5,	 692 students
*Longley Way Elementary	2601 Longley Way, K–5,	 485 students
*Reid (Hugo) Elementary	1000 Hugo Reid Dr.,	K–5,	634 students

===Middle schools===
*Dana (Richard Henry) Middle,	1401 South First Ave., grades 6–8, 731 students
*First Avenue Middle, 301 South First Ave., grades 6–8, 809 students
*Foothills Middle,	171 East Sycamore Ave., grades 6–8, 734 students

===High school===
*[[Arcadia High School (Arcadia, California)|Arcadia High School]]

The [[Academic Performance Index]] measures the academic performance and growth of schools on a variety of points. Arcadia High School scored 890,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2010GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=19642611930288 |title=2010 Growth API School Report – Arcadia High |publisher=Api.cde.ca.gov |date=December 16, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> making it the highest-performing large high school in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahs.ausd.net/ |title=Arcadia High School – Index |publisher=Ahs.ausd.net |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Arcadia High had 29 [[National Merit Award]] finalists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp?page=22 |title=Welcome to the Arcadia Unified School District – Achievements |publisher=District.ausd.net |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714074142/http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp?page=22 |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Arcadia is also home to the two-time National Championship boys cross-country team (2010 and 2012).