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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER·NCES 400079602842
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School
4712 S Santa Fe Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73109 · (405) 600-7038 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A+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
16.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
455 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 68%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School→Santa Fe South Middle School
Based on grade levels within SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.3%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
62.6%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Oklahoma's top 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 Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School this school | 486 | 93.6% | 50.4% |
| Santa Fe South Hills Elementary School Oklahoma City | 529 | 94.7% | 36.0% |
| Santa Fe South Penn Elementary School Oklahoma City | 385 | 96.4% | 42.5% |
| Astec Charter Elementary School Oklahoma City | 579 | 96.5% | N/A |
| Esperanza Elementary School Oklahoma City | 437 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Heronville Elementary School Oklahoma City | 596 | 98.7% | N/A |
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 Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #56 of 555 | #11 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #21 of 651 | #4 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #177 of 523 | #27 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #217 of 941 | #62 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #438 of 708 | #60 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #705 of 708 | #113 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #76 of 876 | #36 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +52.8% | #13 of 164 | #4 of 30 |
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
486
-1 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 486 | 29.5 | 16.4:1 | 94% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 29.2 | 16.2:1 | 92% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 29.7 | 16.3:1 | 94% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 94% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 17 | 18.7:1 | 95% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 53% (318 to 486); teachers up 74% (17 to 29.5).
About Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School
Students in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, attend Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 486 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Oklahoma, the average enrollment is about 366.
Within SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER, Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School is one of 10 schools. The district enrolls 4,620 students.
Hispanic students are 94% of those enrolled at Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School. Next come 2% multiracial and 2% White. That compares with about 20% Hispanic among all Oklahoma County residents. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is 15.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 67% for public schools in Oklahoma County.
Among Oklahoma public elementary schools, Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 26.9 points. The model expects 23.5% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Oklahoma; the school's rate is 50.4%.
In the wider Oklahoma County area, the median household earns about $66,679 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School shares Oklahoma County with 224 other public schools.
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School's nearest public school is Southeast High School (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. As a charter school, Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
In 2020-21, Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School enrolled 487; in 2024-25, 486. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.0 to 16.4 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER
- Santa Fe South High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Santa Fe South Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
- Santa Fe South Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Santa Fe South Pathways Mid-CollegeHigh · 394 students
- Santa Fe South Penn Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Santa Fe South West Middle SchoolMiddle · 321 students
Other schools in Oklahoma City
- Epic Charter Virtual High SchoolHigh · 14,517 students
- Epic Charter Virtual Elementary SchoolElementary · 14,019 students
- Westmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,607 students
- Putnam City West High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Putnam City High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Northwest Classen High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
Nearby schools
- Southeast High School0.4 mi · 860
- Capitol Hill High School0.9 mi · 1,494
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School0.9 mi · 559
- Adelaide Lee Elementary School1.3 mi · 571
- Webster Middle School1.4 mi · 676
- Capitol Hill Middle School1.4 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Fe South Spero Elementary SchoolHow large is Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School?
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
Is Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School have?
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School?
Student demographics at Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School in?
Santa Fe South Spero Elementary School is part of SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.