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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORE·NCES 402025002363
Wayland Bonds Elementary School
14025 South May Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73170 · (405) 735-4500 · Cleveland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
183 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 68%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (98).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
58.9%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
66.8%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Oklahoma's top 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 Wayland Bonds Elementary School
Wayland Bonds Elementary School's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayland Bonds Elementary School this school | 597 | 30.7% | 62.1% |
| Deer Creek Elementary School Edmond | 483 | 31.9% | 45.0% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School Oklahoma City | 534 | 34.8% | 45.0% |
| Grove Valley Elementary School Edmond | 541 | 26.4% | 45.0% |
| Oakridge Elementary School Moore | 576 | 27.6% | 56.6% |
| Fisher Elementary School Oklahoma City | 362 | 39.5% | 60.5% |
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 Wayland Bonds Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Cleveland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #14 of 555 | #2 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #14 of 651 | #2 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #12 of 523 | #3 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #91 of 941 | #7 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #393 of 708 | #38 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #137 of 708 | #14 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #847 of 876 | #46 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #75 of 164 | #3 of 8 |
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
597
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 597 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 31% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 36.5 | 16.6:1 | 32% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 35.3 | 16.9:1 | 22% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 32.2 | 17.0:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 22% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 23% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayland Bonds Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (549 to 597); teachers up 15% (32.2 to 37).
About Wayland Bonds Elementary School
Wayland Bonds Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Oklahoma, located in Oklahoma City. The school has 597 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Oklahoma enroll about 366 students on average.
MOORE is the local district for Wayland Bonds Elementary School. It runs 34 schools with 23,567 students.
The biggest share of students at Wayland Bonds Elementary School, 44%, is White. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 15% multiracial, and 5% Black. In Cleveland County overall, about 70% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wayland Bonds Elementary School scores 72%.
Wayland Bonds Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 31% at Wayland Bonds Elementary School. On average, public schools in Cleveland County report 52%.
Wayland Bonds Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 97% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Wayland Bonds Elementary School beats its 45.1% prediction with 62.1%, a top-10% result in Oklahoma.
The county, Cleveland County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $77,068 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Wayland Bonds Elementary School, Cleveland County has 72 public schools.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Earlywine Elementary School, is the closest to Wayland Bonds Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 50.6%, lower than Wayland Bonds Elementary School's 62.1%.
Wayland Bonds Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 597, starting from 592.
People who know Wayland Bonds Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,047
Census ACS
Median income
$77,068
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
45,218 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Brink Junior High SchoolMiddle · 668 students
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- Northwest Classen High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
Nearby schools
- Earlywine Elementary School1.0 mi · 456
- Southridge Junior High School1.0 mi · 562
- South Lake Elementary School1.4 mi · 666
- Eastlake Elementary School1.7 mi · 414
- Fisher Elementary School1.7 mi · 362
- Westmoore High School2.3 mi · 2,607
Frequently asked questions
About Wayland Bonds Elementary SchoolHow large is Wayland Bonds Elementary School?
Wayland Bonds Elementary School enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Wayland Bonds Elementary School serve?
Wayland Bonds Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Wayland Bonds Elementary School have?
Wayland Bonds Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wayland Bonds Elementary School?
At Wayland Bonds Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 17% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Wayland Bonds Elementary School in?
Wayland Bonds Elementary School is part of MOORE.
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