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Arrowhead High
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Arrowhead High
As a roomy four-year high school in Hartland, Wisconsin, Arrowhead High caters to 1,950 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Arrowhead UHS School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Arrowhead High sits 311% larger than that benchmark.
Arrowhead High is a school of Arrowhead UHS School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
Looking at the student body, Arrowhead High records that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Waukesha County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Waukesha County (around 17%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Arrowhead High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.3%; this one delivers 74.9%.
In the surrounding community, Waukesha County reports that median household earnings sit near $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arrowhead High is one of 113 public schools in Waukesha County (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students).
The closest other public school is Swallow Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arrowhead High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 83.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arrowhead High has ticked down 10%, going from 2,174 students in 2018 to 1,950 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.
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