SOUTHERN HILLS ES

Located at 7800 South Kentucky Avenue, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, SOUTHERN HILLS ES is a medium-sized elementary school that serves 472 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within OKLAHOMA CITY. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so SOUTHERN HILLS ES sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

Within OKLAHOMA CITY, which oversees 58 schools and 32,864 students, SOUTHERN HILLS ES is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SOUTHERN HILLS ES lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 12% Black, 10% White, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Oklahoma County's rate of about 67%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Oklahoma County runs 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), of which SOUTHERN HILLS ES is one.

JEFFERSON MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHERN HILLS ES.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHERN HILLS ES has decreased 16%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 53% to 64% over that span.

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