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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM CITY·NCES 402529001890
Dennis Elementary School
11800 James L Dennis Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73162 · (405) 722-6510 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
292 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 | 107 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
75%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
31.5%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
41.6%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Dennis Elementary School
Dennis Elementary School's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Elementary School this school | 487 | 60.0% | 39.4% |
| Charles Haskell Elementary School Edmond | 576 | 55.0% | 41.9% |
| Scissortail Elementary School OKC | 353 | 61.8% | 39.8% |
| Angie Debo Elementary School Edmond | 609 | 49.6% | 38.7% |
| Ralph Downs Elementary School Oklahoma City | 395 | 71.6% | 32.8% |
| Orvis Risner Elementary School Edmond | 551 | 65.0% | 30.1% |
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 Dennis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #204 of 555 | #31 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #202 of 651 | #29 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #323 of 523 | #38 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #216 of 941 | #61 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #216 of 708 | #23 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #75 of 708 | #19 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #622 of 876 | #82 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #149 of 164 | #27 of 30 |
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
487
+83 (+21%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 487 | 32.6 | 15.0:1 | 60% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 59% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 31.6 | 16.2:1 | 55% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 53% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 29.4 | 16.3:1 | 46% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 49% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 41% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 32 | 18.2:1 | 13% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 32 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dennis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (478 to 487); teachers up 11% (29.4 to 32.6).
About Dennis Elementary School
Dennis Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It has an enrollment of 487 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Oklahoma enroll around 366, and this school is 33% bigger than that mark.
Dennis Elementary School falls under PUTNAM CITY, which has 26 schools enrolling 18,836 students.
About 36% of students at Dennis Elementary School are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 27% Black, 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Oklahoma County, the White share is about 57%. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Dennis Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oklahoma is similar, at 15.6:1. On the income side, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Dennis Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 62% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
Dennis Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.4%, compared with a predicted 35.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oklahoma schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Oklahoma County, where median household income comes to about $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Oklahoma County's 225 public schools enroll about 161,569 students and include Dennis Elementary School.
Putnam City North High School sits about 0.3 miles from Dennis Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Dennis Elementary School is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Dennis Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 83 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 13.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
Dennis Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Oklahoma City
- Epic Charter Virtual High SchoolHigh · 14,517 students
- Epic Charter Virtual Elementary SchoolElementary · 14,019 students
- Westmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,607 students
- Putnam City West High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Putnam City High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Northwest Classen High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
Other Dennis Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dennis Elementary. Dennis Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Dennis ElementaryBishopville, SC · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Putnam City North High School0.3 mi · 1,567
- Ralph Downs Elementary School1.0 mi · 395
- Will Rogers Elementary School1.7 mi · 362
- Wiley Post Elementary School1.7 mi · 678
- Harvest Hills Elementary School1.9 mi · 426
- Hefner Middle School2.3 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Dennis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dennis Elementary School?
Dennis Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dennis Elementary School serve?
Dennis Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dennis Elementary School have?
Dennis Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dennis Elementary School?
At Dennis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 27% Black, 6% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Dennis Elementary School in?
Dennis Elementary School is part of PUTNAM CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.