Arlington Country Day School

Arlington Country Day School
Location
Jacksonville, Florida, Florida United States
Information
Type	Private school
Established	1954
Principal	Deborah A. Condit
Faculty	30
Grades	K–12
Enrollment	350
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green, White
Mascot	Apache
Website	Official site

Arlington Country Day School (ACDS) is a private school in Jacksonville, Florida. A non-sectarian coeducational school, it offers a K-12 education and enrolls over 400 students a year. It is particularly notable for its successful boys' basketball program.

Arlington Country Day School opened its doors as a private, coeducational elementary school, serving students from kindergarten through the eighth grade in 1954. It was located on a small suburban campus in Jacksonville's Arlington neighborhood. It received full accreditation from the Florida Council of Independent Schools in 1968.

In 1990, Fred H. Lichtward became an owner and headmaster of the school, and pushed to expand it into a full K-12 school. In 1991 a full middle school was added. In 1995 it began the establishment of a high school, offering two academic programs. The school added another grade each year as students moved up, and it graduated its first high school class in 1999. In 2003 it received its first full high school accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the National Independent Private Schools Association, and the Association of Independent Schools of Florida. In 1995 the school also added its boys' basketball program.

Arlington Country Day School was fined by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) for recruitment violations, including a $1,000 fine in 2000 and record $33,000 fine in 2002. In 2010 the school announced it would withdraw from the FHSAA.

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