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If you had an hour of school board time for Arrowhead Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLENTANGY LOCAL·NCES 390467601421
Arrowhead Elementary School
2385 Hollenback Rd, Lewis Center, OH 43035 · (740) 657-4650 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
115 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 101 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 54% · 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
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
81.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 81.7% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 79.2% |
| 2022-23 | 82.2% | 78.8% |
| 2021-22 | 85.1% | 80.3% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Elementary School
Arrowhead Elementary School's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Elementary School this school | 648 | 17.7% | 80.0% |
| Blue Ash Elementary Cincinnati | 650 | 18.2% | 89.1% |
| Glen Oak Elementary School Lewis Center | 654 | 18.0% | 82.4% |
| Freedom Trail Elementary Lewis | 605 | 16.0% | 82.4% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Cincinnati | 566 | 14.0% | 94.2% |
| Oak Creek Elementary School Lewis Center | 649 | 22.3% | 84.5% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #244 of 673 | #20 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #321 of 1,569 ▲ 56 | #18 of 33 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #267 of 1,569 ▲ 8 | #22 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #323 of 1,514 | #14 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #211 of 1,808 | #11 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,382 of 1,582 | #27 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #313 of 1,590 | #9 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #659 of 767 | #18 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #204 of 561 | #5 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
648
-54 (-8%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | 18% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 33.6 | 22.5:1 | 17% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 30.6 | 20.4:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 33 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 27.5 | 20.0:1 | 13% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 15% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 4% (27) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arrowhead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (551 to 648); teachers up 12% (27.5 to 31).
About Arrowhead Elementary School
Among the schools in Lewis Center, Ohio, is Arrowhead Elementary School, a large elementary school. The school serves 648 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students.
Olentangy Local has a total of 29 schools and 24,133 students, Arrowhead Elementary School among them.
Roughly 55% of students at Arrowhead Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 20.9 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.1 above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 18%. For comparison, public schools in Delaware County average 20%.
Arrowhead Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Ohio public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Arrowhead Elementary School's results are 2.1 points below predicted: 80.0% against 82.1%.
In the county around the school, Delaware County, the median household income is $133,540, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 59 public schools in Delaware County, enrolling about 44,100 students in all.
The closest other public school is Peachblow Crossing Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Arrowhead Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 8% from its 2020-21 level of 702.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Arrowhead Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olentangy Local
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Olentangy Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
Other schools in Lewis Center
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
- Shale Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Alum Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 664 students
- Glen Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
Other Arrowhead Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 11 states are named Arrowhead Elementary. Arrowhead Elementary School is the largest of the 11.
- ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAST SETAUKET, NY · 562 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 515 students
- Arrowhead ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 500 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 499 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolCollegeville, PA · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Peachblow Crossing Elementary0.6 mi · 648
- Shale Meadows Elementary School1.0 mi · 724
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle School1.1 mi · 1,029
- Olentangy Shanahan Preschool1.2 mi · 188
- Heritage Elementary School1.2 mi · 592
- Olentangy High School1.4 mi · 1,760
Frequently asked questions
About Arrowhead Elementary SchoolHow large is Arrowhead Elementary School?
Arrowhead Elementary School enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Arrowhead Elementary School serve?
Arrowhead Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Arrowhead Elementary School have?
Arrowhead Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arrowhead Elementary School?
At Arrowhead Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 22% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Arrowhead Elementary School public or private?
Arrowhead Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olentangy Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.