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Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School

Public Grades 2-5
439th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 626 Oklahoma Elementary Schools
Better than 30% of Oklahoma elementary schools
Summary

Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School in Oologah, Oklahoma, serves 501 students in grades 2–5. In 2025–26, its SchoolDigger rating was 2 stars, at the 30th percentile statewide, compared with 3 stars and the 63rd percentile for the Oologah-Talala district. The most important concern is science: just 18% of students were proficient, compared with 30% statewide and an average of 49% at nearby schools with comparable grade spans.

The school’s results were below the six comparable nearby schools’ averages in all three subjects, and it ranked lowest among them in each. English Language Arts I proficiency was 19%, versus a nearby average of 33%; math was 25%, versus 42%; and science was 18%, versus 49%. Math was the relative bright spot: the school matched the state at 25% and was 1 point above the district, while English Language Arts I was 7 points below the state and 5 below the district. Science was 12 points below the state and 18 below the district. So math was strongest against the state and district, but still well behind nearby schools.

Results declined in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26: English Language Arts I and math each fell 8 points, and science fell 12. The SchoolDigger overall percentile rose from 35 in 2023–24 to 54 in 2024–25, then dropped to 30; the school’s longer history also includes a 93rd-percentile ranking in 2015–16. SchoolDigger’s group rankings highlight sharp declines in how well the school serves White Students, whose ranking fell from the 44th percentile in 2023–24 to the 7th in 2025–26, and Special Education Students, ranked at the 15th percentile in 2025–26, down from the 93rd in 2021–22. In 2024–25, the student-teacher ratio was 16.8:1, above the nearby average of 15.4:1; 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, below the nearby average of 58%.

501
Students ?
16.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,012
Per pupil spending ?
49.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 10700 South Hwy 169
       Oologah, OK  74053-4053

(918) 443-6000

District: Oologah-Talala


Students who attend Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Oologah-Talala Middle School
High:    Oologah-Talala High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
56.3%
Two or more races:
20.8%
American Indian:
14.6%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 93rd percentile in 2016 → 30th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oklahoma average (21% vs 27% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 63 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school21%
District avg28%
Oklahoma avg27%
439th of 626
Oklahoma public elementary schools ?
Bottom 30%▼ down 63 pts since 2016
From top 7% (2016) to bottom 30% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
165th of 450Oologah-Talala 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
202631.0439 of 62629.9%★★☆☆☆
202552.0283 of 61453.9%★★★☆☆
202440.3253 of 38834.8%★★☆☆☆
202341.5165 of 27439.8%★★☆☆☆
202240.7195 of 31738.5%★★☆☆☆
202153.0271 of 64658.0%★★★☆☆
201946.5214 of 41147.9%★★☆☆☆
201846.8215 of 40647.0%★★☆☆☆
201779.756 of 40786.2%★★★★☆
201684.634 of 49893.2%★★★★★
201576.6175 of 95781.7%★★★★☆
201173.5174 of 84679.4%★★★★☆
201062.3318 of 84562.4%★★★☆☆
200955.2394 of 84053.1%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202636.1346 of 51032.2%★★☆☆☆
202549.1241 of 50252.0%★★★☆☆
202456.8223 of 51356.5%★★★☆☆
202362.9146 of 48069.6%★★★☆☆
202264.1117 of 41271.6%★★★★☆
202149.7259 of 50648.8%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202146.937 of 5127.5%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202258.814 of 3458.8%★★★☆☆
202158.135 of 7955.7%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202628.560 of 7115.5%★☆☆☆☆
202458.033 of 7958.2%★★★☆☆
202286.03 of 4292.9%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202615.8268 of 2897.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202531.7219 of 28924.2%★☆☆☆☆
202445.4170 of 30243.7%★★☆☆☆
202342.0185 of 30739.7%★★☆☆☆
202248.2156 of 30348.5%★★☆☆☆
202140.1260 of 40335.5%★★☆☆☆
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)
Native American (2022)59th percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)32nd percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2021)27th percentile-31 vs school
Special Education (2026)15th percentile-14 vs school
White (2026)7th percentile-23 vs school
By subject vs Oklahoma (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics25%~ state avg
English Language Arts I19%-7 vs state
Science18%-12 vs state

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Students at Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School are 56% White, 21% Two or more races, 15% American Indian, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Students who attend Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Oologah-Talala Middle School
High : Oologah-Talala High School

Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School ranks 439th of 626 Oklahoma elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 501 students attended Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School.

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Latest Oklahoma data All new data »
2025–26 school spending dataNewNov 4, 2026
2024–25 through 2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesNewNov 4, 2026
2025–26 OSTP test scoresNewNov 4, 2026
2019–20 through 2024–25 immunization ratesOct 19, 2026


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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