MCAULIFFE ES

MCAULIFFE ES operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, overseen by UNION. Current enrollment sits at 479 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 366.

UNION runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 14,950 students. MCAULIFFE ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MCAULIFFE ES reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Black, 10% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MCAULIFFE ES has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Tulsa County's rate of about 62%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tulsa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,009 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), MCAULIFFE ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UNION 8TH GRADE CTR, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCAULIFFE ES.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 661 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 60% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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