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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Arrowhead Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001673
Arrowhead Elementary
5549 Susquehanna Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 · (757) 648-2040 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
342 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 66%
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 | 46 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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
Arrowhead Elementary's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Elementary this school | 500 | 68.4% | 72.3% |
| Pembroke Meadows Elementary Virginia Beach | 485 | 68.7% | 78.9% |
| Linkhorn Park Elementary Virginia Beach | 514 | 68.5% | 80.4% |
| D.J. Montague Elementary Williamsburg | 515 | 66.6% | 75.3% |
| Brookwood Elementary Virginia Beach | 574 | 67.9% | 66.0% |
| Spotsylvania Elementary Spotsylvania | 623 | 65.0% | 58.8% |
Matched among Virginia 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #523 of 1,101 | #31 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #523 of 1,111 ▲ 27 | #33 of 54 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #495 of 1,111 ▼ 30 | #33 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #583 of 1,176 | #31 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #436 of 1,105 | #27 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #248 of 1,106 | #29 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #715 of 1,157 | #24 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #701 of 759 | #34 of 40 |
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
500
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 500 | 37.2 | 13.4:1 | 68% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 38.2 | 14.1:1 | 66% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 38.3 | 13.7:1 | 57% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 39 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 33.7 | 15.1:1 | 49% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 41% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 35% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 21% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 33 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arrowhead Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (510 to 500); teachers up 10% (33.7 to 37.2).
About Arrowhead Elementary
Arrowhead Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Enrollment totals 500 students across pre-K through 5.
Besides Arrowhead Elementary, Virginia Beach City Public Schools runs 81 other schools. The district enrolls 64,731 students.
Of every 100 students at Arrowhead Elementary, about 45 are White, the largest group. It is also 27% Black, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Virginia Beach city is roughly 61% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
With 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is similar, at 13.8:1. Roughly 68% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 49% average for public schools in Virginia Beach city.
Arrowhead Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Arrowhead Elementary is +2.8 points: 72.3% actual, 69.5% predicted.
The school's county is Virginia Beach city. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $92,968 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Virginia Beach city number 89, with about 64,731 students.
The closest school to Arrowhead Elementary is Point O' View Elementary, located about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Arrowhead Elementary is behind the 73.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 36 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other Arrowhead Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 11 states are named Arrowhead Elementary. Arrowhead Elementary is the 4th largest of the 11.
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolLewis Center, OH · 648 students
- ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAST SETAUKET, NY · 562 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 515 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 499 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolCollegeville, PA · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Point O' View Elementary1.0 mi · 692
- Fairfield Elementary1.1 mi · 478
- Woodstock Elementary1.5 mi · 689
- Kempsville Elementary1.6 mi · 498
- Kempsville High1.8 mi · 2,046
- Easton Preschool at Fairlawn1.8 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Arrowhead ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Arrowhead Elementary?
Arrowhead Elementary enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Arrowhead Elementary serve?
Arrowhead Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Arrowhead Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Arrowhead Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Arrowhead Elementary?
Student demographics at Arrowhead Elementary are roughly 45% White, 16% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Arrowhead Elementary in?
Arrowhead Elementary is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.