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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION·NCES 403060001883
Peters Elementary School
2900 West College Street, Broken Arrow, OK 74012 · (918) 357-4338 · Tulsa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
249 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Peters Elementary School→Union 6th-7th Grade Center→Union 8th Grade Center→Union HS Freshman Academy→Union High School
Based on grade levels within UNION. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
46.3%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Peters Elementary School
Peters Elementary School's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Elementary School this school | 430 | 57.9% | 39.2% |
| Red Oak Elementary School Oklahoma City | 491 | 50.7% | 37.9% |
| Andersen Elementary School Broken Arrow | 348 | 54.3% | 50.8% |
| Liberty Elementary School Broken Arrow | 650 | 56.9% | 25.1% |
| Orvis Risner Elementary School Edmond | 551 | 65.0% | 30.1% |
| Marshall T. Moore Elementary School Broken Arrow | 453 | 60.5% | 35.9% |
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 Peters Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Tulsa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #206 of 555 | #17 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #139 of 651 | #13 of 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #172 of 523 | #15 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #292 of 941 | #57 of 111 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #472 of 708 | #70 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.4% | #18 of 708 | #8 of 109 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #641 of 876 | #72 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #411 of 548 | #63 of 81 |
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
430
+82 (+24%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 430 | 25.8 | 16.7:1 | 58% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 24.5 | 17.2:1 | 63% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 24.7 | 17.6:1 | 53% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 46% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 27.8 | 16.7:1 | 43% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 57% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 605 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 4% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 34 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peters Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (463 to 430); teachers down 7% (27.8 to 25.8).
About Peters Elementary School
Peters Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, administered by UNION. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 430 students in 2024-25.
UNION has 17 schools; together they serve 14,950 students.
The largest group at Peters Elementary School is White students, at 36%. It is also 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 11% Black, and 9% Asian. For comparison, the population of Tulsa County is roughly 61% White. The diversity index for Peters Elementary School is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Peters Elementary School reported 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.7:1. Elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 249 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 58% of enrollment.
Peters Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Peters Elementary School would be expected to post about 35.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.2%.
In Tulsa County, home to about 680,794 people, the median household earns about $69,009 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Peters Elementary School shares Tulsa County with 179 other public schools.
Peters Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Marshall T. Moore Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Peters Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 39.2% against a local average of 32.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 24% over 4 years, reaching 430 in 2024-25.
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Tulsa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
680,794
Census ACS
Median income
$69,009
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
113,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNION
- Union High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Union 6th-7th Grade CenterMiddle · 2,123 students
- Union HS Freshman AcademyHigh · 1,242 students
- Union 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,100 students
- Ellen Ochoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 968 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 647 students
Other schools in Broken Arrow
- Broken Arrow High SchoolHigh · 4,802 students
- Broken Arrow Freshman AcademyHigh · 1,276 students
- Union HS Freshman AcademyHigh · 1,242 students
- Union 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,100 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Oneta Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
Other Peters Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Peters Elementary. Peters Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANTATION, FL · 504 students
- Peters Elementary SchoolSlatington, PA · 389 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall T. Moore Elementary School1.2 mi · 453
- Andersen Elementary School1.3 mi · 348
- McAuliffe Elementary School1.5 mi · 479
- Arrowhead Elementary School1.5 mi · 388
- Union HS Freshman Academy1.5 mi · 1,242
- Union 8th Grade Center1.5 mi · 1,100
Frequently asked questions
About Peters Elementary SchoolHow large is Peters Elementary School?
Peters Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Peters Elementary School serve?
Peters Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Peters Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Peters Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peters Elementary School?
At Peters Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Peters Elementary School in?
Peters Elementary School is part of UNION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.