ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Nebraska 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 Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, a compact senior high in ARLINGTON, Nebraska, operated by ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolls 330 students, covering grades 7 through 12.
ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 702 students. ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.1%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $94,396, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Washington County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,728 students), of which ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is one.
ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.0%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL has expanded 4%, going from 316 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025.
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