Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROKEN ARROW·NCES 400549000207
Vandever Elementary School
2200 South Lions Avenue, Broken Arrow, OK 74012 · (918) 259-4490 · Tulsa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
258 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
29.3%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 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 Vandever Elementary School
Vandever Elementary School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandever Elementary School this school | 447 | 57.7% | 33.5% |
| Winding Creek Elementary School Moore | 510 | 62.2% | 33.3% |
| Carnegie Elementary School Tulsa | 389 | 56.8% | 45.3% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Norman | 579 | 53.0% | 38.9% |
| Hoover Elementary School Bartlesville | 454 | 61.7% | 37.4% |
| Briarwood Elementary School Oklahoma City | 502 | 50.6% | 52.7% |
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 Vandever Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Tulsa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #350 of 555 | #35 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #452 of 651 | #51 of 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #386 of 523 | #38 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #264 of 941 | #53 of 111 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #372 of 708 | #48 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #120 of 708 | #30 of 109 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #643 of 876 | #73 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #98 of 164 | #11 of 21 |
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
447
+79 (+21%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 922
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 447 | 27.9 | 16.0:1 | 58% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 26.2 | 17.3:1 | 67% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 23.9 | 16.6:1 | 53% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 45% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 54% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 57% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 48% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 26% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 922 | 47 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vandever Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (423 to 447); teachers up 12% (25 to 27.9).
About Vandever Elementary School
Vandever Elementary School sits in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 447 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 366 students, so this school is 22% bigger than average.
BROKEN ARROW runs 27 schools with a combined 19,983 students. Vandever Elementary School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Vandever Elementary School is White (43%). Enrollment also includes 20% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% Asian. The school's White share is 17 points below the 61% share among Tulsa County residents. By the diversity index, Vandever Elementary School comes in at 73%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.0:1, with 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Oklahoma average about 15.6:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Vandever Elementary School is 58%.
allk12 grades Vandever Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Vandever Elementary School scores 33.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Tulsa County, median household income is about $69,009, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Tulsa County number 180 and enroll about 113,616.
Sequoyah Middle School is the public school closest to Vandever Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Vandever Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Vandever Elementary School had 368 students in 2020-21 and 447 in 2024-25, a 21% rise.
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Tulsa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
680,794
Census ACS
Median income
$69,009
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
113,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROKEN ARROW
- Broken Arrow High SchoolHigh · 4,802 students
- Broken Arrow Freshman AcademyHigh · 1,276 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Oneta Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
- Oliver Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- Childers Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
Other schools in Broken Arrow
- Broken Arrow High SchoolHigh · 4,802 students
- Broken Arrow Freshman AcademyHigh · 1,276 students
- Union HS Freshman AcademyHigh · 1,242 students
- Union 8th Grade CenterMiddle · 1,100 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Oneta Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
Nearby schools
- Sequoyah Middle School0.5 mi · 642
- Lynn Wood Elementary School0.9 mi · 407
- Broken Arrow Freshman Academy1.0 mi · 1,276
- Leisure Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 534
- Wolf Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 511
- Oak Crest Elementary School1.2 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Vandever Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vandever Elementary School?
Vandever Elementary School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vandever Elementary School serve?
Vandever Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Vandever Elementary School have?
Vandever Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Vandever Elementary School?
Student demographics at Vandever Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 20% Two or more.
What district is Vandever Elementary School in?
Vandever Elementary School is part of BROKEN ARROW.
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