SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES

Set in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES is a mid-tier elementary campus, one of the schools within SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER. It hosts 529 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% above the state mean of about 366.

Across the 10 schools in SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER (4,620 students total), SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES reports that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES ranks in the top 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 23.1%; SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES posts 36.0%, +12.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Oklahoma County) records that median household earnings sit near $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

SANTA FE SOUTH MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANTA FE SOUTH HILLS ES has held roughly steady, going from 539 students in 2018 to 529 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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