JOHN ROSS ES

JOHN ROSS ES is a primary school of high-enrollment scale in Edmond, Oklahoma, part of EDMOND, caters to 646 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so JOHN ROSS ES sits 77% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 28 schools in EDMOND (25,746 students total), JOHN ROSS ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, JOHN ROSS ES reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 9% Black, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Oklahoma County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting JOHN ROSS ES higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Oklahoma County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN ROSS ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 40.1%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, 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), JOHN ROSS ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTH HS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN ROSS ES. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN ROSS ES ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. JOHN ROSS ES's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 768 (now 646). Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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