In 2015, the district began a policy allowing transgender students to use facilities for the genders which they identify.
Arcadia USD implemented the policy after it reached a settlement with the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the cabin assignment of a transgender boy who went on a district-organized camping trip.
[4] More than 90% of students scored in the advanced proficient category for English and Language Arts, Math, and Science.
A portion of the collected revenues will fund improvements at Foothills Middle School, which include converting classrooms to science labs, expanding the music building, upgrading the multipurpose room, the library, and the computer lab facilities.
However, construction was not able to start because an inspection test revealed that the school was built on a large fault.