DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC caters to 521 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER). By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC sits 42% above that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER) (2,052 students total), DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Oklahoma County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC sits in the top 10% of Oklahoma schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.9%; actual is 40.7%, +14.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Oklahoma County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC is one campus in the mix.

DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS-SOUTH OKC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES-SOUTH OKC is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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