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What's something GRAND AVENUE ES does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICKASHA·NCES 400756000305
Grand Avenue Elementary School
415 Grand Ave, Chickasha, OK 73018 · (405) 222-6524 · Grady County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- A-Beats 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
15.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
384 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 154 | 32% |
| Grade 3 | 157 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 35% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Grand Avenue Elementary School→Lincoln Elementary School→Chickasha Middle School→Chickasha High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CHICKASHA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
41.5%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 35 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Grand Avenue Elementary School
Grand Avenue Elementary School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Avenue Elementary School this school | 475 | 80.8% | 38.9% |
| Bill Wallace Ec Center Chickasha | 409 | 80.4% | N/A |
| Northwoods Fine Arts Academy Sand Springs | 505 | 78.2% | 23.3% |
| Blackwell Elementary School Blackwell | 507 | 79.3% | 35.5% |
| Garfield Elementary School Sand Springs | 409 | 84.8% | 27.0% |
| Richard Kane Elementary School Bartlesville | 481 | 81.1% | 32.8% |
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 Grand Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Grady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #212 of 555 | #9 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #203 of 651 | #7 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #212 of 523 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #224 of 941 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #348 of 708 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #431 of 708 | #1 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #255 of 876 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #358 of 548 | #6 of 11 |
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
475
+90 (+23%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 475 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 81% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 29.9 | 16.8:1 | 80% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 29.6 | 16.6:1 | 79% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 78% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 29.3 | 17.9:1 | 99% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 91% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 75% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 53% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (524 to 475); teachers up 2% (29.3 to 30).
About Grand Avenue Elementary School
Grand Avenue Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Chickasha, Oklahoma. There are 475 students enrolled, covering grades 2 through 4. Across elementary schools in Oklahoma, the average enrollment is about 366.
Federal data list 5 schools in CHICKASHA, with 2,225 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Grand Avenue Elementary School is 56% White. Other groups include 20% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% Native American. The county population is about 80% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, Grand Avenue Elementary School has a ratio of 15.8:1. It is about the same as the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. Income data for the school show 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Grady County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Oklahoma public elementary schools, Grand Avenue Elementary School outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 27.9% for a school in Oklahoma with Grand Avenue Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Grand Avenue Elementary School posts 38.9%.
Census data for Grady County show the median household earns about $75,419 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Grand Avenue Elementary School, Grady County has 33 public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Bill Wallace Ec Center, is the closest to Grand Avenue Elementary School. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Grand Avenue Elementary School. On proficiency, Grand Avenue Elementary School is behind the 40.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
Grand Avenue Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school grew from 385 students in 2020-21 to 475 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Grady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,606
Census ACS
Median income
$75,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
9,669 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHICKASHA
- Chickasha High SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Bill Wallace Ec CenterElementary · 409 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Chickasha Middle SchoolMiddle · 288 students
Other schools in Chickasha
- Chickasha High SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Bill Wallace Ec CenterElementary · 409 students
- Pioneer Public SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Chickasha Middle SchoolMiddle · 288 students
- Friend Public SchoolElementary · 219 students
Other Grand Avenue Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Grand Avenue Elementary. Grand Avenue Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Grand Avenue ElementaryPrairie du Sac, WI · 396 students
- GRAND AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNORTH BALDWIN, NY · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Bill Wallace Ec Center0.1 mi · 409
- Chickasha Middle School0.9 mi · 288
- Lincoln Elementary School1.5 mi · 308
- Chickasha High School1.6 mi · 745
- Friend Public School4.5 mi · 219
- Pioneer Public School5.0 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Avenue Elementary SchoolHow large is Grand Avenue Elementary School?
Grand Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 02-04.
What age range does Grand Avenue Elementary School serve?
Grand Avenue Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Grand Avenue Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Grand Avenue Elementary School.
How diverse is Grand Avenue Elementary School?
Grand Avenue Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 20% Two or more.
What district is Grand Avenue Elementary School in?
Grand Avenue Elementary School is part of CHICKASHA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.