APOLLO ES

Located at 1901 North Peniel Avenue, in Bethany, Oklahoma, APOLLO ES is a medium-sized elementary campus that works with 509 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within PUTNAM CITY. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 366.

PUTNAM CITY runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 18,836 students. APOLLO ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, APOLLO ES reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Black, 12% White, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Oklahoma County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. APOLLO ES is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: WESTERN OAKS MS, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around APOLLO ES.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at APOLLO ES has edged up 9%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 53% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.