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What's the most underrated thing about CALERA ES that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
754
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALERA·NCES 400618000239
Calera Elementary School
111 N Third St, Calera, OK 74730 · (580) 434-5603 · Bryan County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
591 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 71 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 39% larger than its 8th grade class (70).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Calera Elementary School→Calera High School
Based on grade levels within CALERA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.1%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
39.2%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 34 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Calera Elementary School
Calera Elementary School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calera Elementary School this school | 754 | 78.4% | 35.9% |
| Grove Lower Elementary School Grove | 789 | 76.8% | N/A |
| Brantly Elementary School Antlers | 500 | 76.8% | 36.7% |
| Will Rogers Elementary School McAlester | 535 | 78.9% | N/A |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 601 | 74.5% | 39.4% |
| Holmes Park Elementary School Sapulpa | 628 | 72.1% | 37.4% |
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 Calera Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Bryan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #286 of 555 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #234 of 651 | #4 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #242 of 523 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #36 of 941 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #514 of 708 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #279 of 708 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #312 of 876 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.9% | #26 of 164 | N/A |
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
754
+127 (+20%) vs 2020
+135% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 754 | 44.3 | 17.0:1 | 78% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 75% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 38.7 | 16.3:1 | 68% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 56% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 33.4 | 17.5:1 | 66% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 72% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 72% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 66% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 17 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calera Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (585 to 754); teachers up 32% (33.4 to 44.3).
About Calera Elementary School
Calera Elementary School serves students in Calera, Oklahoma, as a high-enrollment elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 754 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 106% bigger than the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
CALERA is the local district for Calera Elementary School. It runs 2 schools with 981 students.
No group is above 50% at Calera Elementary School; the largest is White, at 47%. The school is also 26% multiracial, 17% Native American, and 8% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 70%. The diversity index for Calera Elementary School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Calera Elementary School reports a ratio of 17.0 students per teacher, from 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is 1.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Calera Elementary School, 78% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 68% average for public schools in Bryan County is 10 points lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Calera Elementary School is 7.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.9% actual, 28.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oklahoma.
For the population of Bryan County, median household income comes to about $57,225, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Bryan County counts 25 public schools with about 8,443 students.
Calera High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Calera Elementary School ranks 2nd of 4 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 754, from 627 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.3:1 in 2020-21, and 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Bryan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,253
Census ACS
Median income
$57,225
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,443 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Calera Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Calera Elementary. Calera Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Calera ElementaryCalera, AL · 766 students
Nearby schools
- Calera High School0.1 mi · 227
- Robert E Lee Early Childhood4.5 mi · 212
- Washington Irving Elementary School5.2 mi · 436
- Northwest Heights Elementary School5.2 mi · 514
- Durant Middle School5.4 mi · 614
- Durant Intermediate Elementary School5.5 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About Calera Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Calera Elementary School?
Calera Elementary School enrolls approximately 754 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Calera Elementary School serve?
Calera Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Calera Elementary School have?
Calera Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Calera Elementary School?
Student demographics at Calera Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 26% Two or more.
What district is Calera Elementary School in?
Calera Elementary School is part of CALERA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.