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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER CREEK·NCES 400957002243
Prairie Vale Elementary School
22522 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Edmond, OK 73025 · (405) 359-3170 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
131 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 140 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 25% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Prairie Vale Elementary School→4th and 5th Grade Center→Deer Creek Intermediate School→Deer Creek Middle School→Deer Creek High School
Based on grade levels within DEER CREEK. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
61.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Prairie Vale Elementary School
Prairie Vale Elementary School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Vale Elementary School this school | 548 | 23.9% | 58.0% |
| Piedmont Early Childhood Center Yukon | 601 | 25.3% | N/A |
| Clegern Elementary School Edmond | 425 | 22.1% | 65.5% |
| Stone Canyon Elementary School Owasso | 585 | 27.7% | 42.4% |
| Stone Ridge Elementary School Yukon | 643 | 26.4% | 51.5% |
| Sangre Ridge Elementary School Stillwater | 497 | 28.8% | 65.2% |
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 Prairie Vale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #20 of 555 | #5 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #26 of 651 | #5 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #23 of 523 | #6 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #140 of 941 | #41 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #262 of 708 | #27 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #531 of 708 | #72 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #862 of 876 | #112 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #501 of 548 | #72 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
548
+100 (+22%) vs 2020
+85% since 2000-01, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 548 | 35.9 | 15.3:1 | 24% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 34.9 | 15.0:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 30.6 | 18.4:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 13% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 6% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Vale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (561 to 548); teachers up 18% (30.6 to 35.9).
About Prairie Vale Elementary School
In Edmond, Oklahoma, part of Oklahoma County, Prairie Vale Elementary School is an elementary school. It enrolls 548 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 3. The school is 50% larger than the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
DEER CREEK, which runs Prairie Vale Elementary School, has 9 schools and 8,156 students.
The student body at Prairie Vale Elementary School is 64% White. The school is also 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Prairie Vale Elementary School totals 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 15.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Prairie Vale Elementary School is about 24%. Public schools in Oklahoma County average 67%.
Prairie Vale Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Prairie Vale Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Oklahoma schools: 58.0% actual against 47.5% predicted.
Looking at the county, Oklahoma County, the median household earns about $66,679 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Prairie Vale Elementary School, Oklahoma County has 225 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Deer Creek Middle School, is about 1.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.0%; Prairie Vale Elementary School's is 58.0%, ranking 1st of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 100 students, from 448 to 548. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 15.3:1.
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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 DEER CREEK
- Deer Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,290 students
- 4th and 5th Grade CenterElementary · 1,289 students
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,257 students
- Deer Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Rose Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Grove Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 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
- Deer Creek Middle School1.1 mi · 1,257
- Frontier Elementary School1.6 mi · 809
- Heartland Middle School1.7 mi · 1,005
- Grove Valley Elementary School2.9 mi · 541
- Cross Timbers Elementary School3.0 mi · 795
- Cheyenne Middle School3.0 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Vale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Vale Elementary School?
Prairie Vale Elementary School enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Prairie Vale Elementary School serve?
Prairie Vale Elementary School serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Vale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Vale Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Prairie Vale Elementary School?
Prairie Vale Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Vale Elementary School?
Prairie Vale Elementary School is overseen by DEER CREEK in Oklahoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.