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Russell Babb Elementary School

20901 Northeast Tenth Street, Harrah, OK 73045 · (405) 347-2200 · Oklahoma County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 366
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
170 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 417957%
Grade 513543%
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 73% · US 70%
White
20264%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
3110%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 21% · US 30%
Black
93%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 8% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
5317%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 14% · US 5%
Native American
175%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 11% · US 1%
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
Male
16854%
Female
14647%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Russell Babb Elementary School→Harrah Middle School→Harrah High School
Feeds from
Clara Reynolds Elementary School02–03
Based on grade levels within HARRAH. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
30.4%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
40.0%
OK avg 32.6%

What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Russell Babb Elementary School

Russell Babb Elementary School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Russell Babb Elementary School this school31454.1%34.3%
Virginia Smith Elementary School
Harrah
33952.8%N/A
Lone Grove Intermediate School
Lone Grove
33254.5%38.3%
Choctaw Elementary School
Choctaw
37352.8%44.5%
Cushing Upper Elementary School
Cushing
36054.7%29.9%
Morrison Elementary School
Morrison
34156.0%50.7%
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 Russell Babb Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OklahomaIn Oklahoma County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.3%#324 of 555#40 of 64
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
40.0%#220 of 651#34 of 77
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.4%#344 of 523#42 of 63
Enrollment
ranked largest first
314#506 of 941#106 of 123
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.5:1#630 of 708#99 of 116
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
54.4%#549 of 708#78 of 116
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
54.1%#691 of 876#85 of 121
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.3%#219 of 548#33 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 2024-25
Enrollment
314
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253141718.5:154% (170)
2023-2432018.617.2:162% (197)
2022-2334018.618.3:157% (193)
2020-212991816.6:154% (161)
2017-183751919.8:157% (214)
2015-162881716.9:161% (177)
2010-113262115.5:157% (185)
2000-013552315.4:138% (135)
1990-914992917.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell Babb Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 16% (375 to 314); teachers down 10% (19 to 17).

About Russell Babb Elementary School

Russell Babb Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Harrah, Oklahoma. Students in grades 4 through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 314 students.

HARRAH has 5 schools and 2,077 students, and Russell Babb Elementary School is one of those schools.

The largest group at Russell Babb Elementary School is White students, at 64%. Smaller groups are 17% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.

The school's 17 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. Income data for the school show 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Oklahoma County, the average is 67%.

Russell Babb Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.

The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 37.1%.

The school is in Oklahoma County, where the median household earns about $66,679 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Oklahoma County, 225 public schools serve about 161,569 students.

About 0.5 miles separate Russell Babb Elementary School from the closest public school, Clara Reynolds Elementary School. The five-mile area around Russell Babb Elementary School holds 6 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Russell Babb Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.

A 5% rise took enrollment from 299 in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.6:1 in 2020-21 to 18.5:1 in 2024-25.

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Oklahoma County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Russell Babb Elementary School
District
HARRAH
Address
20901 Northeast Tenth Street, Harrah, OK 73045
Phone
(405) 347-2200
County
Oklahoma County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
04–05
Total enrollment
314
Teachers (FTE)
17
Student–teacher ratio
18.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
170 (54%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
401389000654
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Russell Babb Elementary School
How many students attend Russell Babb Elementary School?
Russell Babb Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 04-05.
Is Russell Babb Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Russell Babb Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Russell Babb Elementary School have?
Russell Babb Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Russell Babb Elementary School?
Student demographics at Russell Babb Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Russell Babb Elementary School?
Russell Babb Elementary School is overseen by HARRAH in Oklahoma County.
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