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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER)·NCES 400079902903
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc
7202 S 1-35 Service Rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73149 · (405) 212-2221 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
20.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
452 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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 + AdvancedMath
45.1%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Oklahoma average is about 33 of 100.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Oklahoma's top 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 Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc this school | 521 | 86.8% | 40.7% |
| Celia Clinton Elementary School Tulsa | 518 | 89.0% | N/A |
| Central Oak Elementary School Oklahoma City | 576 | 83.0% | 30.0% |
| McKinley Elementary School Tulsa | 453 | 92.1% | N/A |
| Central Elementary School Warr Acres | 527 | 92.0% | 22.4% |
| Dove Science Academy Es Tulsa Tulsa | 569 | 84.7% | 41.5% |
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 Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #176 of 555 | #27 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #160 of 651 | #24 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #164 of 941 | #49 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #678 of 708 | #112 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #663 of 708 | #95 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #172 of 876 | #51 of 121 |
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
521
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 521 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 87% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 26.8 | 19.2:1 | 90% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 22.3 | 20.3:1 | 92% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 90% (432) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc.
About Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc
At 7202 S 1-35 Service Rd in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 521 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 42% larger than the 366 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc is part of a district of 5 schools: DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER), with 2,052 students.
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc's enrollment is 74% Hispanic. Other groups make up 12% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 20% of Oklahoma County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc comes in at 43%.
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc operates with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 20.0:1. That ratio is over the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc reports 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 20 points above the 67% average for public schools in Oklahoma County.
allk12 grades Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc an A-. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc beats its 25.9% prediction with 40.7%, a top-10% result in Oklahoma.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Oklahoma County show that median household income is about $66,679, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County, which together enroll about 161,569 students.
The shortest distance from Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Dove Science Academy Ms-South Okc. The five-mile area around Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 35.4%, lower than Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc's 40.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 482 to 521. Students per teacher rose from 17.2 in 2020-21 to 20.0 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER)
- Dove Science Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Dove Science Academy High SchoolHigh · 389 students
- Dove Science Academy Middle SchoolMiddle · 313 students
- Dove Science Academy Ms-South OkcMiddle · 310 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
Nearby schools
- Dove Science Academy Ms-South Okc0.1 mi · 310
- Santa Fe South Hills Elementary School0.4 mi · 529
- Santa Fe South High School0.4 mi · 1,081
- Santa Fe South Middle School0.4 mi · 738
- Hayes Elementary School0.5 mi · 400
- Webster Middle School1.0 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Dove Science Academy Es-South OkcWhat is the total enrollment at Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc?
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc is approximately 20.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc?
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc reports a student body of 11% White, 74% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc?
Dove Science Academy Es-South Okc is overseen by DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER) in Oklahoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.