Arcadia students are at public schools and 12% in private and/or parochial institutions.

Arcadia Unified School District[38] has one highly ranked and prestigious high school, Arcadia High School. It is among the few public high schools in California to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.[39] 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.[40] 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 strongcurriculum, solid library media services, professional teachers, and counseling programs at all grade levels.[41] 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.[42]

High school

The Academic Performance Index measures the academic performance and growth of schools on a variety of points. Arcadia High School scored 890,[43] making it the highest performing large high school in California.[44] In 2010, Arcadia High had 29 National Merit Award finalists.[45] Arcadia is also home to the two-time National Championship boys cross-country team (2010 and 2012).

Hospital

Located at 300 W. Huntington Drive, Methodist Hospital[46] sits on 22 acres (89,000 m2) of land.