CARNEGIE ES

Located at 4309 East 56th Street, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, CARNEGIE ES is a reasonably sized elementary campus that educates 389 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within TULSA.

Across the 69 schools in TULSA (33,617 students total), CARNEGIE ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARNEGIE ES records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 19% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARNEGIE ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tulsa County put median household earnings sit near $69,009, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), CARNEGIE ES is one campus in the mix.

MEMORIAL HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARNEGIE ES has decreased 3%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 55% to 48%.

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