PRAIRIE VALE ES

Located at 22522 North Pennsylvania Avenue, in Edmond, Oklahoma, PRAIRIE VALE ES is an average-sized elementary-level community that enrolls 548 students (grades pre-K through 3), one of the schools within DEER CREEK. Enrollment runs roughly 50% bigger than the state mean of about 366.

PRAIRIE VALE ES is one of 9 schools operated by DEER CREEK, a district that enrolls 8,156 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PRAIRIE VALE ES lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PRAIRIE VALE ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +10.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. PRAIRIE VALE ES is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

DEER CREEK MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PRAIRIE VALE ES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PRAIRIE VALE ES at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PRAIRIE VALE ES has stayed largely flat, going from 561 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 73% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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