NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY

NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY, a mid-tier primary school in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, overseen by SAND SPRINGS, enrolls 505 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

Across the 8 schools in SAND SPRINGS (4,983 students total), NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 26% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 10% Native American, 6% Black. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 78% of students at NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Tulsa County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.8%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Tulsa County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,009 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

SAND SPRINGS EC CTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHWOODS FINE ARTS ACADEMY has showed little movement, going from 498 students in 2018 to 505 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 59% to 46% over that span.

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