SOONER ES

SOONER ES is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, operated by MOORE, serveing 463 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 366.

MOORE comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 23,567 students; SOONER ES is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOONER ES records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 13% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, SOONER ES logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOONER ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cleveland County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,068 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Cleveland County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,218 students), of which SOONER ES is one.

BRYANT ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOONER ES at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 462 students in 2018 compared to 463 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 13% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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