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Northwest Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4
352nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 614 Oklahoma Elementary Schools
Better than 43% of Oklahoma elementary schools
Summary

Northwest Elementary School is a public elementary school serving around 1,000 students in grades PK-4 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is part of the Jenks School District, which is ranked 105 out of 452 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of a relatively high-performing district, Northwest Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the district and the state of Oklahoma in standardized test scores for English Language Arts and Mathematics. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 22% of its students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 35% for the Jenks district and 26% for Oklahoma. In Math, 31% were proficient, compared to 35% for Jenks and 26% for Oklahoma. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.5% to 19% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average.

Northwest Elementary's performance lags behind nearby schools in the Jenks district, such as Southeast Elementary and Jenks West Elementary, which consistently outperform it on standardized tests and have lower chronic absenteeism rates. The school's ranking among Oklahoma elementary schools has also steadily declined over the past few years, from 263 out of 276 in 2022-2023 to 352 out of 614 in 2024-2025, with a corresponding drop in its SchoolDigger star rating from 0 to 2.

959
Students ?
15.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,318
Per pupil spending ?
68.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 7625 S Elwood
       Tulsa, OK  74132-4132

(918) 299-4411

District: Jenks

Racial breakdown:

White:
29.3%
Asian:
19.1%
Hispanic:
18.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 31st percentile in 2019 → 43rd in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2019
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Near the bottom of Jenks's ranking
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school26%
District avg35%
Oklahoma avg26%
352nd of 614
Oklahoma public elementary schools ?
Bottom 43%▲ up 11 pts since 2019
From bottom 31% (2019) to bottom 43% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
4th of 4Elementary Schools in the Jenks
105th of 452Jenks 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202542.5352 of 61442.7%★★☆☆☆
202425.3318 of 38918.3%★☆☆☆☆
202317.1263 of 2764.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202138.7404 of 64637.5%★★☆☆☆
201935.3282 of 41131.4%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202123.117 of 2429.2%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202534.94 of 40.0%★★★☆☆
202126.85 of 616.7%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202145.037 of 5026.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202577.615 of 8381.9%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202545.747 of 11057.3%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202545.8263 of 50247.6%★★☆☆☆
202135.4356 of 50629.6%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202529.157 of 7018.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202528.4227 of 28921.5%★☆☆☆☆
202134.0301 of 40325.3%★☆☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2025)82nd percentile+39 vs school
Hispanic (2025)57th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile+5 vs school
African American (2021)29th percentile-8 vs school
Disabled (2021)26th percentile-11 vs school
White (2025)21st percentile-21 vs school
Special Education (2025)19th percentile-24 vs school
Asian (2025)<1st percentile-43 vs school
By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics31%+5 vs state
English Language Arts I22%-4 vs state

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Northwest Elementary School ranks 352nd of 614 Oklahoma elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Northwest Elementary School are 29% White, 19% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 17% Two or more races, 13% African American, 4% American Indian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 959 students attended Northwest Elementary School.


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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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