Adams Elementary School

Adams Elementary School, located in Norman, Oklahoma, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 506 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Oklahoma enroll around 366, and this school is 38% bigger than that mark.

NORMAN counts 16,048 students in its 25 schools, and Adams Elementary School is one of them.

At Adams Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 37%. Enrollment also includes 34% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Native American. Among people living in Cleveland County, the White share is about 70%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.

The school's 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Oklahoma have an average ratio of 15.6:1. At Adams Elementary School, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Cleveland County.

In Cleveland County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,068 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cleveland County number 72, with about 45,218 students.

A public school about 0.6 miles away, Norman High School, is the closest to Adams Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.8:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.

Adams Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.