Summary:
Zip code 23416 (Oak Hall, Virginia) is served by two public schools in Accomack County Public Schools: Arcadia High (grades 9–12) and Arcadia Middle (grades 6–8). Both schools serve an overwhelmingly low-income student population, with over 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite this, they maintain favorable learning conditions: Arcadia High has a student-teacher ratio of 11.8 and per-student spending of $8,083, while Arcadia Middle has a ratio of 10.6 and spending of $9,421. These resources appear to be making a difference, as the schools post some impressive results.
Arcadia Middle is the area’s biggest success story. Its state ranking jumped from the 29th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 52nd percentile in 2025–2026, earning a three-star rating. The school’s 8th-grade Algebra I students achieved 100% proficiency, well above the state average of 93.3%. Arcadia High also shines in advanced math, with 9th-grade Geometry students reaching 100% proficiency, and its 10th-grade Geography score of 84.6% far exceeds the state’s 55.9%. Attendance is another strength: chronic absenteeism at Arcadia High is just 6.6%, less than half the state average of 14.8%.
The main challenge across both schools is literacy. Middle school reading scores trail the state at every grade level, and high school writing proficiency (70.4%) and 11th-grade reading (83.4%) are below state averages. A notable outlier is the 11th-grade VA & US History score of just 9.5% in 2024–2025, compared to the state’s 35.2%. On a positive note, Arcadia High’s graduation rate of 88.2% is close to the district average and its dropout rate of 3.0% is below both the district and state. Overall, this is a high-poverty rural area with genuine pockets of excellence, especially in math and attendance, and a clear need for continued focus on literacy and history.
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