RUSH SPRINGS ES
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Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RUSH SPRINGS ES
Set in Rush Springs, Oklahoma, RUSH SPRINGS ES is a low-enrollment elementary school, overseen by RUSH SPRINGS. It enrolls 234 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so RUSH SPRINGS ES sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.
RUSH SPRINGS comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 473 students; RUSH SPRINGS ES is among them.
Demographically, RUSH SPRINGS ES shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 15% Native American, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grady County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RUSH SPRINGS ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.
Around the school, Grady County reports that median household income runs about $75,419, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Grady County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,669 students), of which RUSH SPRINGS ES is one.
Nearest neighbor: RUSH SPRINGS HS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around RUSH SPRINGS ES. On composite proficiency, RUSH SPRINGS ES comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 243 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 71%.
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