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Which teacher or staff member at APPLE CREEK ES deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORE·NCES 402025001899
Apple Creek Elementary School
1101 Southeast 14th Street, Moore, OK 73160 · (405) 735-4100 · Cleveland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
283 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
38.8%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Apple Creek Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Creek Elementary School this school | 418 | 67.7% | 38.7% |
| Rhoades Elementary School Broken Arrow | 416 | 68.8% | N/A |
| Lynn Wood Elementary School Broken Arrow | 407 | 65.4% | 29.9% |
| Skyline Elementary School Stillwater | 365 | 68.5% | 36.2% |
| Santa Fe Elementary School Moore | 414 | 68.6% | N/A |
| Myers Elementary School Yukon | 397 | 68.3% | N/A |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Apple Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Cleveland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #217 of 555 | #22 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #243 of 651 | #21 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #315 of 523 | #27 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #304 of 941 | #32 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #119 of 708 | #15 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #251 of 708 | #30 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #521 of 876 | #17 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #100 of 548 | #6 of 39 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
418
-71 (-15%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 418 | 29.9 | 14.0:1 | 68% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 28.4 | 15.7:1 | 72% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 31.5 | 15.9:1 | 57% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 56% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 47% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 51% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 58% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 36% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 34 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apple Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (560 to 418); teachers unchanged (30 to 29.9).
About Apple Creek Elementary School
The public elementary school Apple Creek Elementary School is located in Moore, Oklahoma. The school enrolls 418 students, from pre-K through 6.
The district, MOORE, has 23,567 students enrolled across 34 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Apple Creek Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 48%. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Cleveland County's population at about 70%. Apple Creek Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1 at Apple Creek Elementary School, with 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Oklahoma have 15.6:1, compared with 14.0:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 68% of enrollment. Public schools in Cleveland County average 52%.
allk12 grades Apple Creek Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 32.4%.
Census estimates describe Cleveland County this way: the median household income is $77,068, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Cleveland County has 72 public schools and roughly 45,218 students.
Highland East Junior High School is the public school closest to Apple Creek Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Apple Creek Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.7% against a local average of 34.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Apple Creek Elementary School dropped 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 489 to 418 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.
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Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,047
Census ACS
Median income
$77,068
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
45,218 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOORE
- Moore High SchoolHigh · 2,688 students
- Westmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,607 students
- Southmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Highland East Junior High SchoolMiddle · 751 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Brink Junior High SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Other schools in Moore
- Moore High SchoolHigh · 2,688 students
- Southmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Highland East Junior High SchoolMiddle · 751 students
- Broadmoore Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Oakridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
Other Apple Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Apple Creek Elementary. Apple Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- APPLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 78 students
Nearby schools
- Highland East Junior High School0.5 mi · 751
- Heritage Trails Elementary School0.6 mi · 551
- Moore High School1.0 mi · 2,688
- Broadmoore Elementary School1.4 mi · 633
- Central Elementary School1.4 mi · 577
- Central Junior High School1.5 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Apple Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Apple Creek Elementary School?
Apple Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-06.
Is Apple Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Apple Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Apple Creek Elementary School have?
Apple Creek Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Apple Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Apple Creek Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Apple Creek Elementary School in?
Apple Creek Elementary School is part of MOORE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.