Western Oaks Elementary School

Western Oaks Elementary School is a large elementary school in Bethany, Oklahoma, (ZIP code 73008). The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 688 students. That is 88% above the average of about 366 students for elementary schools in Oklahoma.

Western Oaks Elementary School is one of 26 schools in PUTNAM CITY, which enrolls 18,836 students in total.

At Western Oaks Elementary School, 56% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 18% Black, 16% White, and 9% multiracial. That is higher than the 20% Hispanic share among all Oklahoma County residents. The diversity index for Western Oaks Elementary School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Western Oaks Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.0 students per teacher, from 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 15.6:1. Lunch program data show 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Oklahoma County averages 67%, lower than here.

The county, Oklahoma County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $66,679 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Oklahoma County has 225 public schools with about 161,569 students, including Western Oaks Elementary School.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Western Oaks Middle School, is the closest to Western Oaks Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Western Oaks Elementary School.

Western Oaks Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.

From 603 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 688 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.0 students per teacher, compared with 14.4 in 2020-21.

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