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BRIDGESTONE ES
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRIDGESTONE ES
As a mid-sized middle school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, BRIDGESTONE ES hosts 407 students from grades 5 through 6, operated by WESTERN HEIGHTS.
Within WESTERN HEIGHTS, which oversees 8 schools and 3,046 students, BRIDGESTONE ES is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, BRIDGESTONE ES reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% Black, 15% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Oklahoma County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
In the surrounding community, census data for Oklahoma County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Oklahoma County runs 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), of which BRIDGESTONE ES is one.
The closest other public school is WINDS WEST ES, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRIDGESTONE ES has ticked down 17%, going from 490 students in 2018 to 407 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 27% to 15%.
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