ESPERANZA ES

As an average-sized K-5 school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ESPERANZA ES enrolls 437 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by OKLAHOMA CITY.

OKLAHOMA CITY runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 32,864 students. ESPERANZA ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ESPERANZA ES lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 3% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ESPERANZA ES has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Oklahoma County put the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ESPERANZA ES is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: VAN BUREN ES, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. ESPERANZA ES's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 537 (now 437). Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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