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Bodine Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4
586th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 614 Oklahoma Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of Oklahoma elementary schools
Summary

Bodine Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-4 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, part of the Oklahoma City School District. With consistently low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates, Bodine Elementary has ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Oklahoma elementary schools for over a decade.

Bodine Elementary faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 34.6% to 38.8% in recent years, well above the Oklahoma City and state averages. Academically, only 6-12% of Bodine students are proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics, far below the state and district averages. The school's Hispanic and low-socioeconomic status student subgroups also perform in the bottom 20-25% of their respective subgroups statewide. Despite serving a high-poverty student population, with over 98% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Bodine Elementary's spending per student, at $8,166, is lower than the state average.

Nearby schools in the Midwest City-Del City and Moore districts, such as Cesar Chavez Elementary, Hayes Elementary, and Townsend Elementary, also struggle with low performance, high poverty, and high chronic absenteeism, suggesting systemic challenges in the region. Addressing these issues at Bodine Elementary and similar schools will require a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to support the students and their communities.

509
Students ?
15.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,646
Per pupil spending ?
98.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5301 South Bryant Avenue
       Oklahoma City, OK  73129-3129

(405) 587-2500

District: Oklahoma City


Students who attend Bodine Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Webster Middle School
High:    Capitol Hill High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
34.8%
African American:
29.1%
White:
18.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2009 → 5th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oklahoma average (8% vs 26% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 19% Oklahoma)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school8%
District avg14%
Oklahoma avg26%
586th of 614
Oklahoma public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
25th of 30Elementary Schools in the Oklahoma City
389th of 452Oklahoma City 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
20259.8586 of 6144.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20152.5923 of 9573.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20113.6841 of 8460.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20104.2836 of 8451.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.3824 of 8401.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202524.487 of 11020.9%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202514.1468 of 5026.8%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Hispanic (2025)21st percentile+16 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school
By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics11%-15 vs state
English Language Arts I6%-20 vs state

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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

Middle : Webster Middle School
High : Capitol Hill High School

Bodine Elementary School ranks in the bottom 4.6% of Oklahoma elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 509 students attended Bodine Elementary School.

Students at Bodine Elementary School are 35% Hispanic, 29% African American, 18% White, 14% Two or more races, 3% American Indian.


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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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