Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Thomas Arnold Elementary, Salado, TX

Thomas Arnold Elementary is a public elementary school in Salado, part of Salado ISD. It enrolled 1,073 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "THOMAS ARNOLD EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,073
Teachers (FTE): 63.0
Students per teacher: 17.0
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.3. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0

District16.3

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 550 Thomas Arnold Rd, Salado, TX 76571
Phone: (254)947-6900
District: Salado ISD
County: Bell County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Distant
NCES school ID: 483858013806

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 225
Reduced-price lunch: 38
Free or reduced-price lunch: 26324.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.