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Enrollment
876
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONE STAR·NCES 401824000872
Lone Star Public School
2945 S Hickory, Sapulpa, OK 74066 · (918) 224-0201 · Creek County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
16.2:1
54 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
487 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 | 95 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 58% larger than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
63%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
34.3%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
45.5%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Lone Star Public School
Lone Star Public School's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Public School this school | 876 | 55.6% | 39.2% |
| Dimensions Academy Norman | 738 | 54.2% | 28.4% |
| Cache Elementary School Cache | 766 | 52.6% | 45.4% |
| Marlow Elementary School Marlow | 702 | 53.7% | 52.8% |
| Jones Elementary School Jones | 553 | 50.5% | 48.5% |
| Dewey Elementary School Dewey | 550 | 61.5% | 37.5% |
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 Lone Star Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Creek County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #205 of 555 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #151 of 651 | #2 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #239 of 523 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #10 of 941 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #406 of 708 | #9 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #405 of 708 | #8 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #670 of 876 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #460 of 548 | #12 of 13 |
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
876
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 876 | 54 | 16.2:1 | 56% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 874 | 54.1 | 16.1:1 | 62% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 53% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | 51 | 17.1:1 | 50% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 922 | 52.3 | 17.6:1 | 49% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 904 | 52 | 17.4:1 | 55% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 884 | 51 | 17.3:1 | 55% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 38% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 31 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lone Star Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (922 to 876); teachers up 3% (52.3 to 54).
About Lone Star Public School
Lone Star Public School is an elementary school in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and it is part of LONE STAR. The school had 876 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oklahoma) has about 366 students.
Lone Star Public School belongs to LONE STAR.
At 55%, White students outnumber all other groups at Lone Star Public School combined. After that, the student body is 23% Native American, 12% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. Among all residents of Creek County, the White share is about 75%. Lone Star Public School has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 54 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.2:1. Across elementary schools in Oklahoma, the average ratio is about 15.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 56%.
Measured against Oklahoma public elementary schools, Lone Star Public School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.6% for Lone Star Public School. The school posts 39.2%, 2.7 points above the prediction.
Census estimates describe Creek County this way: median household income is about $62,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 38 public schools in Creek County, with a combined enrollment of about 11,952.
The nearest other public school, Jefferson Heights Elementary School, is about 1.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Lone Star Public School is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Lone Star Public School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 874 students in 2020-21 and 876 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Creek County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,830
Census ACS
Median income
$62,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
11,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sapulpa
- Sapulpa High SchoolHigh · 1,015 students
- Holmes Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Sapulpa Junior High SchoolHigh · 603 students
- Sapulpa Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Jefferson Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Heights Elementary School1.8 mi · 297
- Sapulpa Middle School2.4 mi · 500
- Sapulpa Junior High School2.7 mi · 603
- Sapulpa High School2.8 mi · 1,015
- Holmes Park Elementary School3.0 mi · 628
- Liberty Elementary School3.5 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Lone Star Public SchoolHow large is Lone Star Public School?
Lone Star Public School enrolls approximately 876 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lone Star Public School serve?
Lone Star Public School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Lone Star Public School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Lone Star Public School.
How diverse is Lone Star Public School?
Lone Star Public School reports a student body of 55% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Lone Star Public School?
Lone Star Public School is overseen by LONE STAR in Creek County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.