PRAIRIE QUEEN ES

PRAIRIE QUEEN ES is a sprawling elementary school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, operated by OKLAHOMA CITY. The school instructs 568 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 55% above the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

OKLAHOMA CITY comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 32,864 students; PRAIRIE QUEEN ES is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PRAIRIE QUEEN ES reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest looks like 7% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PRAIRIE QUEEN ES has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at PRAIRIE QUEEN ES qualify 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Oklahoma County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. PRAIRIE QUEEN ES is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

The closest other public school is JEFFERSON MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. PRAIRIE QUEEN ES's enrollment has edged down 38% since 2018, when it stood at 918 (now 568). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 71% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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