Arrowhead Middle

Arrowhead Middle is a mid-sized intermediate school in Kansas City, Kansas, one of the schools within Kansas City. The school instructs 412 students in grades 6 through 8.

Kansas City runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,538 students. Arrowhead Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Arrowhead Middle records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 30% Black, 18% White, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial. Compared to Wyandotte County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Arrowhead Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 10.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wyandotte County shows median household income runs about $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Wyandotte County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), of which Arrowhead Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Claude A Huyck Elem, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arrowhead Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arrowhead Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 15.4%.

Arrowhead Middle operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 406 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 40% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Arrowhead Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.