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Which teacher or staff member at WAYSIDE ES deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTLESVILLE·NCES 400363029822
Wayside Elementary School
3000 Wayside Drive, Bartlesville, OK 74006 · (918) 333-8000 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
243 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 69 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
45.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
55.4%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Wayside Elementary School
Wayside Elementary School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayside Elementary School this school | 696 | 34.9% | 49.4% |
| East Elementary School Broken Arrow | 620 | 32.3% | 40.0% |
| Rosewood Elementary School Broken Arrow | 575 | 33.4% | 39.5% |
| Heritage Trails Elementary School Moore | 551 | 31.8% | 50.0% |
| Grove Public School Shawnee | 539 | 34.0% | 48.7% |
| Highland Park Elementary School Broken Arrow | 654 | 34.1% | 38.8% |
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 Wayside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #66 of 555 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #57 of 651 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #65 of 523 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #51 of 941 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #410 of 708 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #420 of 708 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #828 of 876 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.2% | #44 of 164 | N/A |
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
696
+63 (+10%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 696 | 42.8 | 16.3:1 | 35% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 40.7 | 17.6:1 | 32% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 39.3 | 17.7:1 | 28% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 20% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 31.2 | 19.1:1 | 20% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 32 | 18.8:1 | 22% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 25% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 11% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 25 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (594 to 696); teachers up 37% (31.2 to 42.8).
About Wayside Elementary School
Wayside Elementary School is a large elementary school located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It reports enrollment of 696 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Oklahoma enroll around 366, and this school is 90% bigger than that mark.
A total of 9 schools make up BARTLESVILLE, with 6,181 students enrolled.
White students are 56% of those enrolled at Wayside Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 21% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Native American, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Washington County's population at about 72%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The school lists 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 15.6:1. A total of 243 students, or 35%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 61% for public schools in Washington County.
On the allk12 Grade, Wayside Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 81% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Wayside Elementary School is 43.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.4%.
For the population of Washington County, the median household earns about $60,162 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Washington County, 20 public schools serve about 9,692 students.
Oklahoma Connections Academy Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Wayside Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Wayside Elementary School is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Wayside Elementary School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 633 to 696, a 10% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.1:1 to 16.3:1.
People who know Wayside Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,326
Census ACS
Median income
$60,162
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BARTLESVILLE
- Bartlesville High SchoolHigh · 1,783 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Ranch Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Richard Kane Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Other schools in Bartlesville
- Bartlesville High SchoolHigh · 1,783 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Ranch Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Oklahoma Connections Academy High SchoolHigh · 560 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Other Wayside Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wayside Elementary. Wayside Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Wayside ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 652 students
- Wayside Elementary SchoolOCEAN, NJ · 583 students
- Wayside ElementaryPotomac, MD · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Oklahoma Connections Academy Elementary School0.8 mi · 480
- Oklahoma Connections Academy Middle School0.8 mi · 360
- Oklahoma Connections Academy High School0.8 mi · 560
- Ranch Heights Elementary School1.7 mi · 591
- Bartlesville High School1.9 mi · 1,783
- Richard Kane Elementary School2.0 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Wayside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wayside Elementary School?
Wayside Elementary School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wayside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wayside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wayside Elementary School have?
Wayside Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wayside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wayside Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 21% Two or more.
What district is Wayside Elementary School in?
Wayside Elementary School is part of BARTLESVILLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.