Skelly Elementary School

A high-enrollment elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Skelly Elementary School is part of TULSA. School enrollment was 775 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Oklahoma is roughly 366 students; this school is 112% bigger than that.

Skelly Elementary School falls under TULSA, which has 69 schools enrolling 33,617 students.

At Skelly Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 59% of the student body. The next largest groups are 15% Black, 11% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 43 points above the 16% share among Tulsa County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at Skelly Elementary School total 49.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. The school counts 664 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 86%. Among public schools in Tulsa County, the average eligibility rate is 62%.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Tulsa County show that the median household income is $69,009, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Skelly Elementary School, Tulsa County has 179 other public schools.

College Bound-Eastside Campus is the public school closest to Skelly Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.

Enrollment has grown by 28 students since 2020-21, to 775. Students per teacher rose from 14.1 in 2020-21 to 15.8 in 2024-25.

Community posts for Skelly Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.