Arrowhead Elementary

Located at 5549 Susquehanna Dr, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Arrowhead Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that enrolls 500 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Arrowhead Elementary is one of 82 schools operated by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, a district that instructs 64,731 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Arrowhead Elementary logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Black, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Arrowhead Elementary logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at Arrowhead Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Virginia Beach city (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Arrowhead Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.5%, the actual is 72.3%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Virginia Beach city shows median household earnings sit near $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Virginia Beach city runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), of which Arrowhead Elementary is one.

Point O' View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arrowhead Elementary. On composite proficiency, Arrowhead Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 73.4%.

Arrowhead Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 510 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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