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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMOND·NCES 401059000479
Orvis Risner Elementary School
2801 South Rankin Street, Edmond, OK 73013 · (405) 340-2984 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
358 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 54 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
26.2%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
34.1%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Orvis Risner Elementary School
Orvis Risner Elementary School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orvis Risner Elementary School this school | 551 | 65.0% | 30.1% |
| Mills Elementary School Owasso | 467 | 68.5% | 34.0% |
| Vandever Elementary School Broken Arrow | 447 | 57.7% | 33.5% |
| Peters Elementary School Broken Arrow | 430 | 57.9% | 39.2% |
| Winding Creek Elementary School Moore | 510 | 62.2% | 33.3% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School Broken Arrow | 388 | 68.3% | 29.5% |
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 Orvis Risner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #424 of 555 | #49 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #345 of 651 | #45 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #405 of 523 | #49 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #136 of 941 | #40 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #118 of 708 | #11 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #123 of 708 | #32 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #561 of 876 | #76 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #390 of 548 | #57 of 78 |
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
551
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 792
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
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 | 551 | 39.4 | 14.0:1 | 65% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 63% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 59% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 42% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 35.7 | 16.8:1 | 39% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 47% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 59% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 35% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 792 | 41 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orvis Risner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (598 to 551); teachers up 11% (35.7 to 39.4).
About Orvis Risner Elementary School
Families in Edmond, Oklahoma, are served by Orvis Risner Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 551 students enrolled. That is 51% larger than the average of about 366 students for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
EDMOND has 28 schools and 25,746 students, and Orvis Risner Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up 44% of enrollment at Orvis Risner Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 19% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 8% Asian. In Oklahoma County overall, about 57% of residents are White. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Orvis Risner Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Oklahoma, the average ratio is 15.6:1. Orvis Risner Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 65%. That is in line with the 67% average for public schools in Oklahoma County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Orvis Risner Elementary School is 33.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.1%.
Census data for Oklahoma County show the median household earns about $66,679 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Orvis Risner Elementary School, Oklahoma County has 225 public schools.
Memorial High School is about 0.8 miles from Orvis Risner Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Orvis Risner Elementary School is 6th among 7 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Orvis Risner Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 8% over 4 years, reaching 551 in 2024-25.
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Oklahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
806,199
Census ACS
Median income
$66,679
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
225
161,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDMOND
- Santa Fe High SchoolHigh · 2,774 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 2,532 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
- Heartland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Edmond
- Santa Fe High SchoolHigh · 2,774 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 2,532 students
- Deer Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,290 students
- 4th and 5th Grade CenterElementary · 1,289 students
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,257 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial High School0.8 mi · 2,770
- Cimarron Middle School1.0 mi · 833
- Central Middle School1.2 mi · 1,036
- Chisholm Elementary School1.4 mi · 854
- Clegern Elementary School1.4 mi · 425
- Will Rogers Elementary School1.5 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About Orvis Risner Elementary SchoolHow large is Orvis Risner Elementary School?
Orvis Risner Elementary School enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Orvis Risner Elementary School serve?
Orvis Risner Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Orvis Risner Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Orvis Risner Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Orvis Risner Elementary School?
Student demographics at Orvis Risner Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Is Orvis Risner Elementary School public or private?
Orvis Risner Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EDMOND.
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