Cardinal Elementary
Arlington, VA · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Cardinal Elementary is a elementary school in Arlington, VA with 704 students enrolled and a 77% proficiency rate. Part of Arlington County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Cardinal Elementary is a elementary school located in Arlington, Virginia. The school serves 704 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.7:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 77% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cardinal Elementary is part of the Arlington County Public Schools in Virginia.
How This School Compares
Cardinal Elementary has 704 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Arlington County Public Schools (766 students). Its 77% proficiency rate is 20 percentage points above the district average of 56%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 31 points higher. With a 10.7:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cardinal Elementary has 704 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.7:1.
According to EDFacts data, 77% of students at Cardinal Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Cardinal Elementary is part of the Arlington County Public Schools in Arlington, Virginia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.