Summary
Arrowhead Middle serves 412 students in grades 6–8 in Kansas City, Kansas. SchoolDigger ranks it 349th of 368 Kansas schools, in the 5th percentile with 0 stars. Its clearest academic concern is science: just 3% of students were proficient in 2025–26, the lowest result among the nearby full-span middle schools.
ELA is a relative strength locally, while science is the weakest subject. Arrowhead’s ELA proficiency was 25%, about 2 points above the Kansas City district and close to the nearby full-span schools’ average of 24%, but 21 points below the state. Math proficiency was 16%, about level with the district, 25 points below the state, and below the nearby-school average of 19%. Science was 12 points below the nearby-school average of 15%, as well as below the district’s 15% and state’s 38%. Among the nearby full-span schools, Arrowhead ranked fifth of nine in ELA, fourth in math, and last in science. Its SchoolDigger standing is nevertheless ahead of the five other nearby Kansas City district schools, which rank 356th to 368th.
ELA and math have improved since 2022–23, but not as quickly as state results: Arrowhead’s ELA rose from 16% to 25% and math from 11% to 16%, while science fell from 7% to 3%. Chronic absenteeism improved from 38% to 29%, the second-lowest rate among nearby full-span schools, though still above the state’s 18%. Context includes a 13.9 student–teacher ratio and a 78% free/reduced-lunch rate, compared with about 72% across those nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves students receiving special education ranked it in the 51st percentile in 2025–26, compared with the school’s overall 5th percentile; that group’s percentile rose from 5 in 2023–24. Its measure for English Language Learners was also higher than the overall result, at the 37th percentile.
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