GRISSOM ES

GRISSOM ES operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, run under TULSA. Current enrollment sits at 342 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

TULSA runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 33,617 students. GRISSOM ES is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, GRISSOM ES shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting GRISSOM ES higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, GRISSOM ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tulsa County shows median household earnings sit near $69,009, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), GRISSOM ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: THOREAU DEMONSTRATION ACADEMY, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRISSOM ES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 20.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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