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What's something CENTRAL ES does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM CITY·NCES 402529001331
Central Elementary School
5721 Northwest 39th Street, Warr Acres, OK 73122 · (405) 789-5696 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
485 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
25.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Central Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 527 | 92.0% | 22.4% |
| McKinley Elementary School Tulsa | 453 | 92.1% | N/A |
| Apollo Elementary School Bethany | 509 | 93.5% | N/A |
| Kaiser Elementary School Oklahoma City | 505 | 93.9% | 25.0% |
| McAuliffe Elementary School Broken Arrow | 479 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Clark Elementary School Tulsa | 448 | 95.3% | N/A |
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 Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #496 of 555 | #59 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #522 of 651 | #60 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #465 of 523 | #59 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #159 of 941 | #48 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #138 of 708 | #14 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #592 of 708 | #83 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #106 of 876 | #44 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #291 of 548 | #43 of 78 |
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
527
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 527 | 37.3 | 14.1:1 | 92% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 33.7 | 16.9:1 | 92% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 37.5 | 16.0:1 | 88% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 89% (503) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 41.3 | 14.6:1 | 86% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 88% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 39 | 18.0:1 | 78% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 53% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 39 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (605 to 527); teachers down 10% (41.3 to 37.3).
About Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Warr Acres, Oklahoma. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 527 students. It has 44% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma (about 366).
PUTNAM CITY is responsible for 26 schools, Central Elementary School included, with 18,836 students in all.
The largest group at Central Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 68%. Other students are 12% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 2% Native American. By comparison, Oklahoma County residents are about 20% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Central Elementary School scores 51%.
Central Elementary School has 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. Across elementary schools in Oklahoma, the average ratio is 15.6:1. The school has 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Oklahoma County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Central Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 24.0%.
In Oklahoma County, home to about 806,199 people, the median household earns about $66,679 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Central Elementary School shares Oklahoma County with 224 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Putnam City High School is about 0.7 miles from Central Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Central Elementary School comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Central Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
A 7% decrease took enrollment from 568 in 2020-21 to 527 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Central Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Oklahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
806,199
Census ACS
Median income
$66,679
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
225
161,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM CITY
- Putnam City West High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Putnam City High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Putnam City North High SchoolHigh · 1,567 students
- James L. Capps Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
- Hefner Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Mayfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
Other schools in Warr Acres
- James L. Capps Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
- Dove Science Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 30th largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolBixby, OK · 709 students
- Central Elementary SchoolMoore, OK · 577 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCoweta, OK · 398 students
- Central Elementary SchoolYukon, OK · 349 students
- Central Elementary SchoolIdabel, OK · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Putnam City High School0.7 mi · 1,995
- Windsor Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 720
- Earl Harris Elementary School0.9 mi · 769
- Children's Center0.9 mi · 54
- Bethany Middle School1.0 mi · 381
- Bethany High School1.0 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
Is Central Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Central Elementary School?
Student demographics at Central Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 68% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School is overseen by PUTNAM CITY in Oklahoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.