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How Black students are performing in Oklahoma schools

In Oklahoma, 15.5% of Black students are proficient in reading at the typical school — the lowest rate on this site. White students reach 28.0%, also the lowest. Oklahoma is failing broadly, not only unequally. This tool helps you find the right one.

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25%
All students
15.6%
Black
20.4%
Hispanic
29.3%
White
33.7%
Asian

Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Oklahoma school. Groups are shown wherever Oklahoma reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

These figures come from OSTP 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 89 districts, 957 Oklahoma schools report enough results to be included.

At the typical Oklahoma school the picture is black students at 15.6%, hispanic students at 20.4%, white students at 29.3% and asian students at 33.7%. That is a 18.1-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.

What the Oklahoma data shows

Landscape
12.5 %

of Black students in Oklahoma are proficient in reading

The lowest rate of any state here. But White students reach only 30.6%, also the lowest — Oklahoma's problem is not confined to one group. The gap is 18.1 points, narrower than most states, because the whole distribution sits low.

Disparity
62.1 pts

gap between the best and worst schools for Black students in Muskogee

Sadler Arts Academy reaches 65.0%. Cherokee Es, in the same district, sits at 2.9%. Two schools under one administration, 62 points apart.

Opportunity
65 %

at Sadler Arts Academy in Muskogee

The highest in the state, across 80 Black student results. Dove Science Academy Es reaches 45.9% across 170.

Where Black students are doing best in Oklahoma

These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Deborah Brown Charter EsDeborah Brown Community Charter School Charter 90% 88.2%
Sadler Arts AcademyMuskogee 70% 65% 52.3% 71.5% 80%
Fisher EsMoore 62.6% 63.3% 47% 66.4% 72.8%
Chisholm EsEdmond 61.3% 52.9% 45.6% 63.7% 35%
Timber Creek EsMoore 51% 50% 43.3% 52.7% 87.5%
Dove Science Academy EsDove Schools Of Okc Charter 51.2% 45.9% 39.2% 70.4% 80.8%
Dove Science Academy MsDove Schools Of Okc Charter 45.3% 41.3% 37.8% 56.6% 100%
Northwood EsPiedmont 53.1% 40.9% 54.4% 56.5% 16.7%
Cache EsCache 39.9% 40.6% 37% 43.1% 25%
South Lake EsMoore 63.8% 38.5% 46.9% 66.9% 75%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

Where Black students are struggling most

The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Owen EsTulsa 11.7% 0% 10.2% 18.3% 0%
Macarthur EsTulsa 5.5% 0% 5.2% 14.6% 0%
John Hope Franklin EsTulsa 3.4% 0% 3.7% 16.7% 5.6%
Dolores Huerta EsTulsa 9.7% 0% 11% 3.3% 0%
Northwoods Fine Arts AcademySand Springs 18.9% 0% 18.6% 21.6% 50%
Putnam Heights Academy MsOklahoma City 0% 0% 0% 0%
Mary Golda Ross MsOklahoma City 3% 0% 2.7% 4.4% 0%
Capitol Hill MsOklahoma City 3.4% 0% 3.2% 10% 25%
Adelaide Lee EsOklahoma City 6.1% 0% 6.6% 7.1% 0%
Randy Hughes MsMcalester 22.2% 0% 28.8% 27.1% 50%

One district, two outcomes

In Moore, Fisher Es reports 63.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Central Es, in the same district, reports 2.6%. That is a 60.7-point spread across 28 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.

Oklahoma districts

Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.

Tulsa — 54 schools, 8% average
Oklahoma City — 35 schools, 8.4% average
Moore — 28 schools, 20.6% average
Putnam City — 21 schools, 11.7% average
Edmond — 19 schools, 18.3% average
Lawton — 19 schools, 11.1% average
Union — 15 schools, 20.3% average
Midwest City-Del City — 14 schools, 7.7% average
Broken Arrow — 13 schools, 15.6% average
Mustang — 11 schools, 22.2% average
Norman — 9 schools, 11.9% average
Muskogee — 8 schools, 14.1% average
Jenks — 6 schools, 13.4% average
Yukon — 6 schools, 21.3% average
Stillwater — 5 schools, 23.2% average
Western Heights — 5 schools, 4.3% average
Choctaw-Nicoma Park — 4 schools, 16.1% average
Deer Creek — 4 schools, 31% average
Dove Schools Of Okc — 4 schools, 37.2% average
Owasso — 4 schools, 20.3% average
Piedmont — 4 schools, 30.7% average
Altus — 3 schools, 12.9% average
Ardmore — 3 schools, 6.9% average
Coweta — 3 schools, 19.7% average
Hugo — 3 schools, 3.2% average
Mcalester — 3 schools, 9.8% average
Bartlesville — 2 schools, 18.1% average
Bristow — 2 schools, 10.6% average
Broken Bow — 2 schools, 13.5% average
Cache — 2 schools, 26.1% average
Chickasha — 2 schools, 25.5% average
College Bound Academy Of Tulsa — 2 schools, 18.1% average
Crooked Oak — 2 schools, 11.6% average
Dove Schools Of Tulsa — 2 schools, 19.8% average
Duncan — 2 schools, 12.6% average
Elgin — 2 schools, 24% average
Enid — 2 schools, 11.9% average
Guthrie — 2 schools, 7.7% average
Idabel — 2 schools, 11.5% average
Millwood — 2 schools, 10.3% average
How these averages are calculated. The figures above average across Oklahoma schools, giving each school equal weight. They describe the typical school, not the state's tested population, and will differ from the headline figure OSTP 2025 publishes — that one weights every student equally, so larger schools count for more. Use the state's own published figure when citing a statewide number.

How to read the school data. Oklahoma suppresses results for groups with too few students tested — 957 schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. This ranking reflects the 2024–25 administration, grades 3–8. Results are refreshed annually as new data is published. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Oklahoma's figures should not be compared directly against another state's.

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