ORVIS RISNER ES

ORVIS RISNER ES operates as a sprawling primary school in Edmond, Oklahoma, part of EDMOND. Current enrollment sits at 551 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% bigger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

Across the 28 schools in EDMOND (25,746 students total), ORVIS RISNER ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ORVIS RISNER ES logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 19% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ORVIS RISNER ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), ORVIS RISNER ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MEMORIAL HS, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORVIS RISNER ES ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 54% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.