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COOLIDGE ES
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About COOLIDGE ES
Located at 5212 South Villa Avenue, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, COOLIDGE ES is a reasonably sized primary school that educates 516 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of OKLAHOMA CITY. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 41% larger than typical.
OKLAHOMA CITY comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 32,864 students; COOLIDGE ES is among them.
Demographically, COOLIDGE ES shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Other groups include 6% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Oklahoma County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, COOLIDGE ES records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,679, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. COOLIDGE ES is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).
Nearest neighbor: SANTA FE SOUTH PENN ES, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. COOLIDGE ES's enrollment has contracted 31% since 2018, when it stood at 745 (now 516). Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.
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