CEDAR RIDGE ES

CEDAR RIDGE ES, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, overseen by UNION, works with 419 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within UNION, which oversees 17 schools and 14,950 students, CEDAR RIDGE ES is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CEDAR RIDGE ES lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, CEDAR RIDGE ES shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tulsa County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, CEDAR RIDGE ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tulsa County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,009 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), CEDAR RIDGE ES is one campus in the mix.

THOMAS JEFFERSON ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CEDAR RIDGE ES at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

CEDAR RIDGE ES operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CEDAR RIDGE ES's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 419). The White share of enrollment declined from 56% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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