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Darnaby Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
36th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 614 Oklahoma Elementary Schools
Better than 94% of Oklahoma elementary schools
Summary

Darnaby Elementary School is a public elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving around 550 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Union School District, which is ranked 232 out of 452 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Darnaby Elementary has a strong performance history, consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in Oklahoma. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 36th out of 614 elementary schools in the state and received a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Darnaby outperforms the Union district and the state of Oklahoma in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 52% of Darnaby students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 24% for the Union district and 26% for the state. In mathematics, 59% of Darnaby students were proficient or better, compared to 26% for the Union district and the state.

Darnaby Elementary also has particularly strong performance among its white and low socioeconomic status student subgroups, ranking 12th and 18th out of all Oklahoma elementary schools, respectively, in the 2024-2025 school year. When compared to other nearby elementary schools in the Union and Tulsa Public Schools districts, such as Andersen Elementary and Cedar Ridge Elementary, Darnaby stands out as a high-performing school. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.0% in the 2024-2025 school year suggests there may be room for improvement in addressing student attendance and engagement.

590
Students ?
17.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,419
Per pupil spending ?
47.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 7625 East 87th Street
       Tulsa, OK  74133-4133

(918) 357-4333

District: Union


Students who attend Darnaby Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Union 6th-7th Grade Center
    Union 8th Grade Center
High:    Union High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
44.2%
Hispanic:
16.1%
Two or more races:
15.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 92nd percentile in 2015 → 94th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Oklahoma average (54% vs 27% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 6% of Oklahoma elementary schools
Among the top-ranked schools in Union
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school54%
District avg25%
Oklahoma avg27%
36th of 614
Oklahoma public elementary schools ?
Top 6%▲ up 2 pts since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Oklahoma Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 13Elementary Schools in the Union
232nd of 452Union among Oklahoma districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202590.236 of 61494.1%★★★★★
202467.4111 of 38971.5%★★★★☆
202373.549 of 27682.2%★★★★☆
202269.270 of 32378.3%★★★★☆
202175.4106 of 64683.6%★★★★☆
201973.871 of 41182.7%★★★★☆
201853.1172 of 40657.6%★★★☆☆
201780.949 of 40788.0%★★★★☆
201672.3108 of 49878.3%★★★★☆
201585.475 of 95792.2%★★★★★
201191.37 of 84699.2%★★★★★
201079.6102 of 84587.9%★★★★☆
200984.070 of 84091.7%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202590.418 of 50296.4%★★★★★
202161.2167 of 50667.0%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202592.712 of 28995.8%★★★★★
202178.254 of 40386.6%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)96th percentile~ school
White (2025)96th percentile~ school
By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics59%+33 vs state
English Language Arts I52%+26 vs state
Science52%+22 vs state

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Students who attend Darnaby Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Union 6th-7th Grade Center
Middle : Union 8th Grade Center
High : Union High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 590 students attended Darnaby Elementary School.

Students at Darnaby Elementary School are 44% White, 16% Hispanic, 16% Two or more races, 10% African American, 8% Asian, 7% American Indian.

Yes. Darnaby Elementary School ranks in the top 5.9% of Oklahoma elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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