NORTHRIDGE ES

NORTHRIDGE ES operates as a heavily attended K-5 school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, run under PUTNAM CITY. Current enrollment sits at 700 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so NORTHRIDGE ES sits 91% above that benchmark.

NORTHRIDGE ES is one of 26 schools operated by PUTNAM CITY, a district that educates 18,836 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NORTHRIDGE ES shows that the largest single group is Black at 27%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% White, 21% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 12% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NORTHRIDGE ES shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHRIDGE ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.2%.

Around the school, census data for Oklahoma County shows median household earnings sit near $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), NORTHRIDGE ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COOPER MS, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHRIDGE ES. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHRIDGE ES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. NORTHRIDGE ES's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 730 (now 700). White enrollment moved from 33% to 25% across the same window.

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