Arvada High School

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Compared with similar schools

Colorado high schools where 15–25% of students come from families below the poverty line (this school: 20%)

• Math, 2025-26: this school 9%, typical similar school 18%. Higher than 10% of 62 similar schools.
• English, 2025-26: this school 31%, typical similar school 42%. Higher than 29% of 72 similar schools.

Similar schools nearby with higher scores

• North High School 5.1 mi from this school · math 23% · English 43%
• Northglenn High School 6.5 mi from this school · math 18% · English 42%
• Academy High School 7.3 mi from this school · math 17% · English 43%

Family income strongly affects test scores, so comparing a school with others that serve families like its own is fairer than comparing it with the state average. The share of students below the poverty line is an estimate by the Urban Institute for 2022-23, made the same way in every state; it is a stricter measure than the low-income share above (free or reduced-price lunch, which goes up to 185% of the poverty line), so it is lower. “Typical” is the median: half of the similar schools score higher, half lower.

Graduation rate: students who earned a regular diploma within four years.

• Asian 1%
• White 28%
• Hispanic 62%
• Black 4%
• Two or more 3%
• Other 1%

Students with disabilities: 18% of students (132) receive special education under an IEP (individualized education program), 2023-24; another 4% have only a Section 504 plan (support such as extra time or seating, without special education), 2023-24. Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection.

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).