Enrollment
82
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANKOFA CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 400077202769
Sankofa Middle School
111 East First Street, Tulsa, OK 74120 · (918) 340-5120 · Tulsa County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL82 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.2:1
5 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
70 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 23 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 44% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 28% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
36.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Sankofa Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankofa Middle School this school | 82 | 85.4% | 31.5% |
| Deborah Brown Charter Elementary School Tulsa | 221 | 84.6% | 82.5% |
| Wk Jackson Leadership Elementary School Oklahoma City | 152 | 61.2% | N/A |
| Greenwood Leadership Academy Tulsa | 241 | 89.6% | N/A |
| Millwood Elementary School Oklahoma City | 461 | 86.8% | N/A |
| Whitman Elementary School Tulsa | 259 | 93.1% | 0.0% |
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 Sankofa Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Tulsa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 82 | #902 of 941 | #111 of 111 |
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
82
-5 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 82 | 5.4 | 15.2:1 | 85% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 3 | 28.7:1 | 92% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 70 | 3 | 23.3:1 | 91% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 87 | 5 | 17.4:1 | 85% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 120 | 4.8 | 25.0:1 | 29% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 127 | 6 | 21.2:1 | 95% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sankofa Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (120 to 82); teachers up 13% (4.8 to 5.4).
About Sankofa Middle School
Sankofa Middle School is a small elementary school serving families in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school had 82 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 366, so this school runs 78% smaller than that.
Sankofa Middle School is listed under SANKOFA CHARTER SCHOOL in federal data.
Sankofa Middle School enrolls a student body that is 91% Black. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic. That compares with about 10% Black among all Tulsa County residents. By the diversity index, Sankofa Middle School comes in at 16%.
Teachers at Sankofa Middle School total 5.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Oklahoma have a similar average ratio of 15.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 85%. The average for public schools in Tulsa County is 62%.
The allk12 Grade for Sankofa Middle School is C+. Compared with Oklahoma public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 40% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Sankofa Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Oklahoma is predicted to score 26.3%. Sankofa Middle School scores 31.5%, 5.2 points above that line.
Tulsa County has these Census figures: median household income is about $69,009, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Sankofa Middle School is among the 180 public schools in Tulsa County.
Deborah Brown Charter Elementary School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Sankofa Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 51.0%, higher than Sankofa Middle School's 31.5%.
NCES describes the area around Sankofa Middle School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Sankofa Middle School is one of the charter schools in Oklahoma.
Federal counts put enrollment at 87 in 2020-21 and 82 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.2:1.
Community posts for Sankofa Middle School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tulsa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
680,794
Census ACS
Median income
$69,009
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
113,616 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Sankofa Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sankofa Middle School?
Sankofa Middle School enrolls approximately 82 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Sankofa Middle School serve?
Sankofa Middle School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sankofa Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sankofa Middle School is approximately 15.2:1 (5 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sankofa Middle School?
Student demographics at Sankofa Middle School are roughly 7% Hispanic, 91% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Sankofa Middle School public or private?
Sankofa Middle School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SANKOFA CHARTER SCHOOL.
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