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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STILLWATER·NCES 402868029734
Highland Park Elementary School
400 South Drury, Stillwater, OK 74074 · (405) 533-6350 · Payne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
363 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 58 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Highland Park Elementary School→Stillwater Middle School→Stillwater Junior High School→Stillwater High School
Based on grade levels within STILLWATER. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
37.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Highland Park Elementary School
Highland Park Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park Elementary School this school | 505 | 71.9% | 33.6% |
| Apple Creek Elementary School Moore | 418 | 67.7% | 38.7% |
| Porter Consolidated Elementary School Porter | 407 | 72.5% | 35.5% |
| Glenwood Elementary School Enid | 399 | 74.4% | 34.0% |
| Holmes Park Elementary School Sapulpa | 628 | 72.1% | 37.4% |
| Puterbaugh Upper Elementary McAlester | 378 | 73.3% | 22.5% |
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 Highland Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Payne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #349 of 555 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #280 of 651 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #328 of 523 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #192 of 941 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #206 of 708 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #335 of 708 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #436 of 876 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #201 of 548 | #5 of 9 |
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
505
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 505 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 72% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 34.8 | 15.6:1 | 80% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 33.3 | 16.9:1 | 80% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 72% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 37.6 | 16.3:1 | 73% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 75% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 68% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 63% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (613 to 505); teachers down 10% (37.6 to 34).
About Highland Park Elementary School
Highland Park Elementary School is an elementary school in Stillwater, Oklahoma, reachable at (405) 533-6350. A total of 505 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 38% higher.
STILLWATER counts 9 schools and 6,049 students, including Highland Park Elementary School.
Roughly 53% of students at Highland Park Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Native American. County-wide, 75% of Payne County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.7 students per teacher below the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 72% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Payne County report 52%.
Highland Park Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Oklahoma public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Highland Park Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.6% is 2.6 points above the 31.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Payne County, the median household income is $49,809, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. In all, Payne County has 26 public schools and roughly 10,609 students.
The closest other public school is Skyline Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Highland Park Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has grown by 39 students since 2020-21, to 505. By 2024-25, the school had 14.9 students per teacher, compared with 12.9 in 2020-21.
The Highland Park Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Payne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,972
Census ACS
Median income
$49,809
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in STILLWATER
- Stillwater High SchoolHigh · 1,341 students
- Stillwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 932 students
- Stillwater Junior High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Sangre Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
Other schools in Stillwater
- Stillwater High SchoolHigh · 1,341 students
- Stillwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 932 students
- Stillwater Junior High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Sangre Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
Other Highland Park Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Highland Park Elementary. Highland Park Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 23.
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 654 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolWoodward, OK · 209 students
- Highland Park ElementaryGILBERT, AZ · 787 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolUpper Darby, PA · 737 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 706 students
Nearby schools
- Skyline Elementary School1.6 mi · 365
- Stillwater Junior High School1.6 mi · 910
- Stillwater High School2.3 mi · 1,341
- Will Rogers Elementary School2.6 mi · 511
- Westwood Elementary School3.1 mi · 626
- Richmond Elementary School4.2 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Highland Park Elementary School?
Highland Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Highland Park Elementary School serve?
Highland Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Park Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Highland Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Highland Park Elementary School are roughly 53% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Highland Park Elementary School public or private?
Highland Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by STILLWATER.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.