Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY·NCES 401995000950
Barnes Elementary School
10551 SE 59th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73150 · (405) 739-1651 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
16.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
162 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
40.7%
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 41 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Barnes Elementary School
Barnes Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Elementary School this school | 346 | 46.8% | 34.1% |
| Fogarty Elementary School Guthrie | 405 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Nicoma Park Elementary School Choctaw | 452 | 48.5% | N/A |
| Plainview Intermediate Elementary School Ardmore | 363 | 47.4% | 48.2% |
| Eliot Elementary School Tulsa | 369 | 53.4% | 43.0% |
| Flower Mound Public School Lawton | 353 | 49.6% | 47.7% |
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 Barnes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #332 of 555 | #41 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #215 of 651 | #32 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #313 of 523 | #37 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #447 of 941 | #98 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #497 of 708 | #72 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #385 of 708 | #58 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #759 of 876 | #95 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #353 of 548 | #54 of 78 |
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
346
+49 (+16%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 346 | 20.5 | 16.9:1 | 47% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 19.3 | 19.6:1 | 52% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 19.6 | 18.5:1 | 38% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 43% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 20.5 | 18.7:1 | 55% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 60% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 53% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 42% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (383 to 346); teachers unchanged (20.5 to 20.5).
About Barnes Elementary School
Barnes Elementary School, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 346 students in pre-K through 5.
MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY is made up of 19 schools with 12,087 students in all.
Roughly 54% of students at Barnes Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 7% Black. That is close to the 57% White share among all Oklahoma County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 20.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Oklahoma have 15.6:1, compared with 16.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 67% for public schools in Oklahoma County.
Barnes Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Oklahoma public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Oklahoma, Barnes Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.1% actual against a predicted 39.6%.
Oklahoma County census figures show that the median household income is $66,679, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Oklahoma County is home to 225 public schools and about 161,569 public school students.
Carl Albert Middle School is located about 2.4 miles from Barnes Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Barnes Elementary School is behind the 34.2% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 4.
Barnes Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment grew 16% from its 2020-21 level of 297. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.8:1 to 16.9:1 over the same years.
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Oklahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
806,199
Census ACS
Median income
$66,679
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
225
161,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY
- Midwest City High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Del City High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- Carl Albert High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- Midwest City Middle SchoolMiddle · 940 students
- Del City Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Carl Albert Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Other schools in Oklahoma City
- Epic Charter Virtual High SchoolHigh · 14,517 students
- Epic Charter Virtual Elementary SchoolElementary · 14,019 students
- Westmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,607 students
- Putnam City West High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Putnam City High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Northwest Classen High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
Other Barnes Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Barnes Elementary. Barnes Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Barnes Elementary SchoolOwasso, OK · 510 students
- Barnes Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 700 students
- Barnes Elementary SchoolBeaverton, OR · 451 students
- Barnes ElementaryKelso, WA · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Carl Albert Middle School2.4 mi · 834
- Carl Albert High School2.7 mi · 1,087
- Schwartz Elementary School3.3 mi · 311
- Soldier Creek Elementary School3.4 mi · 798
- Okla Virtual Charter Academy Middle School3.7 mi · 956
- Insight School of Okla High School3.7 mi · 877
Frequently asked questions
About Barnes Elementary SchoolHow large is Barnes Elementary School?
Barnes Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Barnes Elementary School serve?
Barnes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Barnes Elementary School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Barnes Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Barnes Elementary School?
Student demographics at Barnes Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Barnes Elementary School in?
Barnes Elementary School is part of MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY.
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