DARNABY ES

DARNABY ES operates as a roomy elementary-level community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, operated by UNION. Current enrollment sits at 590 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% bigger than the state mean of about 366.

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

On the student-mix side, DARNABY ES records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Black, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tulsa County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DARNABY ES sits in the top 10% of Oklahoma schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.4%; actual is 53.0%, +13.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Tulsa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,009 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), DARNABY ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JARMAN ES, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DARNABY ES. On composite proficiency, DARNABY ES comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 590 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 55% to 44%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.