SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES

SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES is a mid-sized primary school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, overseen by SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER. The school works with 486 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES sits 33% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 2% multiracial, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.5%; this one delivers 50.4%, a residual of +26.9 points.

In the area at large, Oklahoma County reports that median household income runs about $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES is one campus in the mix.

SOUTHEAST HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site. SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. SANTA FE SOUTH SPERO ES's enrollment has increased 53% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 486). Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 94% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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