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Enrollment
460
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUSTUS-TIAWAH·NCES 401593000749
Justus-Tiawah Public School
14902 East School Road, Claremore, OK 74019 · (918) 341-3626 · Rogers County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- A-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
14.3:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
166 students
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 | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.3%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
41.4%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Justus-Tiawah Public School
Justus-Tiawah Public School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justus-Tiawah Public School this school | 460 | 36.1% | 46.0% |
| Verdigris Elementary School Claremore | 424 | 40.6% | 53.0% |
| Newcastle Early Childhood Center Newcastle | 472 | 35.8% | N/A |
| Highland Park Elementary School Broken Arrow | 654 | 34.1% | 38.8% |
| Richmond Elementary School Stillwater | 362 | 38.4% | 63.2% |
| Cleveland Elementary School Norman | 514 | 38.1% | 50.0% |
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 Justus-Tiawah Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Rogers County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #94 of 555 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #205 of 651 | #5 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #157 of 523 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #246 of 941 | #10 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #150 of 708 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #298 of 708 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #822 of 876 | #14 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #322 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
460
-65 (-12%) vs 2020
+105% since 1990-91, when it was 224
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 460 | 32.2 | 14.3:1 | 36% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 36.3 | 14.0:1 | 41% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 33.6 | 15.9:1 | 32% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 26% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 35.5 | 14.6:1 | 39% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 35% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 30% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 24% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 224 | 12 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Justus-Tiawah Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (519 to 460); teachers down 9% (35.5 to 32.2).
About Justus-Tiawah Public School
Federal records list Justus-Tiawah Public School as an elementary school in Claremore, Oklahoma. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 460 students in 2024-25. The school is 26% larger than the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
Justus-Tiawah Public School is part of JUSTUS-TIAWAH.
The student body at Justus-Tiawah Public School has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. The remaining shares are 28% multiracial, 13% Native American, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Rogers County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 32.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.3:1. The gap from the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is 1.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%. The average for public schools in Rogers County is 56%.
On the allk12 Grade, Justus-Tiawah Public School lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
Schools in Oklahoma with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.3%. Justus-Tiawah Public School scores 46.0%.
The school's county is Rogers County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,067 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Justus-Tiawah Public School shares Rogers County with 32 other public schools.
Claremont Elementary School sits about 2.4 miles from Justus-Tiawah Public School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Justus-Tiawah Public School is 1st among 6 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
The school's enrollment fell 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Rogers County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,610
Census ACS
Median income
$80,067
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,144 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Claremore
- Claremore High SchoolHigh · 1,349 students
- Will Rogers Junior High SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Sequoyah Elementary SchoolElementary · 637 students
- Catalayah Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Verdigris Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Claremont Elementary School2.4 mi · 391
- Roosa Elementary School2.4 mi · 376
- Claremore High School2.6 mi · 1,349
- Will Rogers Junior High School2.8 mi · 792
- Sequoyah Elementary School4.5 mi · 637
- Westside Elementary School4.6 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Justus-Tiawah Public SchoolHow many students attend Justus-Tiawah Public School?
Justus-Tiawah Public School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Justus-Tiawah Public School serve?
Justus-Tiawah Public School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Justus-Tiawah Public School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Justus-Tiawah Public School is approximately 14.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Justus-Tiawah Public School?
Student demographics at Justus-Tiawah Public School are roughly 48% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 28% Two or more.
What district is Justus-Tiawah Public School in?
Justus-Tiawah Public School is part of JUSTUS-TIAWAH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.