Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMOND·NCES 401059000638
Russell Dougherty Elementary School
19 North Boulevard, Edmond, OK 73003 · (405) 340-2985 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
17.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
43 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
49.1%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Dougherty Elementary School
Russell Dougherty Elementary School's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Dougherty Elementary School this school | 286 | 15.0% | 50.9% |
| Schwartz Elementary School Oklahoma City | 311 | 20.6% | 54.0% |
| Clegern Elementary School Edmond | 425 | 22.1% | 65.5% |
| Piedmont Elementary School Piedmont | 397 | 25.7% | 49.1% |
| Centennial Elementary School Edmond | 663 | 19.8% | 56.7% |
| Oakdale Public School Edmond | 687 | 11.1% | 65.8% |
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 Dougherty Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #49 of 555 | #10 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #103 of 651 | #12 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #26 of 523 | #8 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #550 of 941 | #111 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #589 of 708 | #90 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #608 of 708 | #86 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #871 of 876 | #118 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #350 of 548 | #53 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
286
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 286 | 16.1 | 17.8:1 | 15% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 15.6 | 18.5:1 | 11% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 19.6 | 19.4:1 | 23% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 15.9 | 19.9:1 | 5% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 16 | 19.4:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 9% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 12 | 20.3:1 | 4% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell Dougherty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (317 to 286); teachers up 1% (15.9 to 16.1).
About Russell Dougherty Elementary School
Students in Edmond, Oklahoma, attend Russell Dougherty Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The latest federal count shows 286 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 22% lower.
EDMOND oversees Russell Dougherty Elementary School and 27 other schools, with 25,746 students in total.
White students account for 69% of enrollment at Russell Dougherty Elementary School. Smaller groups are 15% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Oklahoma County is roughly 57% White. Russell Dougherty Elementary School has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Russell Dougherty Elementary School employs 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oklahoma is 15.6:1, lower than at this school. Russell Dougherty Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 15%. The rate at public schools in Oklahoma County averages 67%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Russell Dougherty Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Russell Dougherty Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Oklahoma is predicted to score 50.5%. Russell Dougherty Elementary School scores 50.9%, within a point of that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Oklahoma County show that median household income is about $66,679, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Russell Dougherty Elementary School is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County, which together enroll about 161,569 students.
Nearby, Clegern Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.4%; Russell Dougherty Elementary School's is 50.9%, ranking 2nd of 7.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 297 in 2020-21 and 286 in 2024-25, a decrease of 11 students.
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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
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- Deer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,257 students
Nearby schools
- Clegern Elementary School0.5 mi · 425
- Ida Freeman Elementary School0.7 mi · 429
- Northern Hills Elementary School0.8 mi · 708
- Sunset Elementary School0.8 mi · 535
- Central Middle School0.8 mi · 1,036
- North High School1.0 mi · 2,532
Frequently asked questions
About Russell Dougherty Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Russell Dougherty Elementary School?
Russell Dougherty Elementary School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Russell Dougherty Elementary School serve?
Russell Dougherty Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Russell Dougherty Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Russell Dougherty Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Russell Dougherty Elementary School?
At Russell Dougherty Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Russell Dougherty Elementary School public or private?
Russell Dougherty Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EDMOND.
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