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Enrollment
412
Middle
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001421
Arrowhead Middle
1715 N 82nd Street, Kansas City, KS 66112 · (913) 627-6600 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
320 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 140 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 141 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 32% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
21.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
11.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.9% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.4% | 9.0% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arrowhead Middle
Arrowhead Middle's state test result (10.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Middle this school | 412 | 77.7% | 10.5% |
| D D Eisenhower Middle Kansas City | 634 | 73.3% | 6.3% |
| Coleman Middle School Wichita | 631 | 84.3% | 12.2% |
| Robinson Middle School Wichita | 682 | 65.1% | 40.3% |
| Curtis Middle School Wichita | 846 | 92.3% | 9.6% |
| Gloria Willis Middle School Kansas City | 737 | 85.8% | 9.7% |
Matched among Kansas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arrowhead Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #181 of 192 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #182 of 192 | #5 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #175 of 192 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #109 of 225 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #113 of 161 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #1 of 161 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #29 of 195 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #50 of 54 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
412
-54 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 412 | 29.4 | 14.0:1 | 78% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 77% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 79% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 83% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 33.2 | 12.2:1 | 80% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 76% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 80% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 56% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 31 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arrowhead Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (406 to 412); teachers down 11% (33.2 to 29.4).
About Arrowhead Middle
Arrowhead Middle is a public middle-grades school in Kansas City, Kansas. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 412 students.
Kansas City operates 43 schools. Combined enrollment is 21,538 students.
The largest group at Arrowhead Middle is Hispanic students, at 30%. Other students are 30% Black, 18% White, 15% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Wyandotte County at about 34% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
Arrowhead Middle has 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is 1.3 students per teacher. At Arrowhead Middle, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Wyandotte County is close, at 75%.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Arrowhead Middle outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
In Kansas, Arrowhead Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 10.5% actual against a predicted 25.0%.
In the wider Wyandotte County area, the median household earns about $63,631 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Arrowhead Middle shares Wyandotte County with 61 other public schools.
Claude A Huyck Elem is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Arrowhead Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 15.4%; Arrowhead Middle's is 10.5%, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 412, from 466 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.9:1 in 2020-21, and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Arrowhead Middle community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Other Arrowhead Middle schools
One other US public school is named Arrowhead Middle. Arrowhead Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Arrowhead Middle SchoolPray, MT · 17 students
Nearby schools
- Claude A Huyck Elem0.3 mi · 304
- 500 Reach0.6 mi · 76
- Alfred Fairfax Academy0.7 mi · 52
- Stony Point North1.1 mi · 300
- Lowell Brune Elementary School1.2 mi · 432
- John F Kennedy Elem1.3 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Arrowhead MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Arrowhead Middle?
Arrowhead Middle enrolls approximately 412 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Arrowhead Middle serve?
Arrowhead Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arrowhead Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arrowhead Middle is approximately 14.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Arrowhead Middle?
Student demographics at Arrowhead Middle are roughly 18% White, 30% Hispanic, 30% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Arrowhead Middle in?
Arrowhead Middle is part of Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.