CENTRAL ES

CENTRAL ES is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Warr Acres, Oklahoma, overseen by PUTNAM CITY, with 527 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 44% larger than typical.

PUTNAM CITY comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 18,836 students; CENTRAL ES is among them.

In terms of who attends, CENTRAL ES lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 12% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Oklahoma County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, CENTRAL ES records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Oklahoma County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.0%, the actual is 22.4%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Oklahoma County put median household earnings sit near $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), CENTRAL ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PUTNAM CITY HS, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL ES comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. CENTRAL ES's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 527). Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 68% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.