Townsend Elementary School

Townsend Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Del City, Oklahoma. The school has 433 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.

Townsend Elementary School is one school in MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY, a system of 19 schools with 12,087 students.

The student body at Townsend Elementary School has no majority group. Black students lead at 28%. The remaining shares are 27% White, 26% Hispanic, and 16% multiracial. Oklahoma County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Townsend Elementary School are from different groups.

On staff are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is close to this figure. Townsend Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 62%.

The school's county is Oklahoma County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 225 public schools in the county, enrolling about 161,569, Townsend Elementary School among them.

Townsend Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Del City Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Federal data place Townsend Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Reported enrollment: 283 (2020-21) and 433 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.5:1 to 15.5:1.

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