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Carnegie Elementary School

4309 East 56th Street, Tulsa, OK 74135 · (918) 833-9440 · Tulsa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 366
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
221 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3810%
Kindergarten6116%
Grade 15013%
Grade 26817%
Grade 36216%
Grade 45614%
Grade 55414%

This year's kindergarten class (61) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (54).

Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 73% · US 70%
White
18748%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
5013%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 21% · US 30%
Black
4512%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 8% · US 15%
Asian
154%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
7519%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 14% · US 5%
Native American
154%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 11% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
20452%
Female
18548%

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Test scores

OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
44.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
53.1%
OK avg 32.6%

What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Carnegie Elementary School

Carnegie Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Carnegie Elementary School this school38956.8%45.3%
Truman Primary School
Norman
35356.7%N/A
Vandever Elementary School
Broken Arrow
44757.7%33.5%
Le Monde Elementary School
Norman
45958.2%40.5%
Sooner Elementary School
Oklahoma City
46355.5%38.9%
Ranchwood Elementary School
Yukon
47158.8%48.5%
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 Carnegie Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OklahomaIn Tulsa County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
45.3%#101 of 555#7 of 58
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
53.1%#71 of 651#7 of 72
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.0%#79 of 523#7 of 58
Enrollment
ranked largest first
389#363 of 941#68 of 111
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.9:1#354 of 708#42 of 109
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
69.9%#200 of 708#40 of 109
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
56.8%#650 of 876#74 of 110
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.5%#485 of 548#70 of 81
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 2024-25
Enrollment
389
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2538924.515.9:157% (221)
2023-2439425.815.3:158% (228)
2022-234332716.0:155% (239)
2020-214153013.8:146% (191)
2017-184032615.5:125% (101)
2015-164102516.4:135% (142)
2010-114262318.5:128% (118)
2000-014402418.3:110% (43)
1990-914652320.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carnegie Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 3% (403 to 389); teachers down 6% (26 to 24.5).

About Carnegie Elementary School

A mid-sized elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carnegie Elementary School is part of TULSA. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 389 students.

Within TULSA, Carnegie Elementary School is one of 69 schools. The district enrolls 33,617 students.

White students account for 48% of enrollment at Carnegie Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 19% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Tulsa County residents are about 61% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.

The school has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.9 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oklahoma is similar, at 15.6:1. Of all students at Carnegie Elementary School, 57% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Carnegie Elementary School is 9.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.3% versus 36.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oklahoma.

In the surrounding county, Tulsa County, median household income comes to about $69,009, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 180, with about 113,616 students.

The closest school to Carnegie Elementary School is Memorial High School, located about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Carnegie Elementary School.

Locale data from NCES put Carnegie Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Carnegie Elementary School had a net loss of 26 students, or 6%. By 2024-25, the school had 15.9 students per teacher, compared with 13.8 in 2020-21.

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Tulsa County at a glance

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Population
680,794
Census ACS
Median income
$69,009
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
113,616 students

Quick facts

School name
Carnegie Elementary School
District
TULSA
Address
4309 East 56th Street, Tulsa, OK 74135
Phone
(918) 833-9440
County
Tulsa County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
389
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
15.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
221 (57%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
403024029769
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other Carnegie Elementary schools

3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Carnegie Elementary. Carnegie Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Carnegie Elementary School
How large is Carnegie Elementary School?
Carnegie Elementary School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carnegie Elementary School serve?
Carnegie Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Carnegie Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Carnegie Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Carnegie Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carnegie Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Carnegie Elementary School?
Carnegie Elementary School is overseen by TULSA in Tulsa County.
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