ROSE UNION ES

As a sprawling elementary school in Edmond, Oklahoma, ROSE UNION ES serves 575 students from grades pre-K through 3, overseen by DEER CREEK. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so ROSE UNION ES sits 57% above that benchmark.

Within DEER CREEK, which oversees 9 schools and 8,156 students, ROSE UNION ES is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ROSE UNION ES records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, 6% Black. Compared to Oklahoma County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 21% of students are eligible 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ROSE UNION ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -5.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Oklahoma County put the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), ROSE UNION ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DEER CREEK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROSE UNION ES. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROSE UNION ES ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 612 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the ROSE UNION ES community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.