Summary:
ZIP code 73020 has eight schools—five elementary, two middle and one high—serving students from elementary through high school; seven have 2025–2026 test results, while Nicoma Park Elementary has no results listed. Across the seven reporting schools, average results were 32% in ELA, 33% in math and 40% in science, compared with state results of 26%, 25% and 30%. But school results ranged from 26% to 44% in ELA, 21% to 48% in math, and 14% to 56% in science. The most important takeaway is that the above-state averages conceal substantial differences from one school and subject to another.
Choctaw Elementary School stands out in elementary achievement, with 38% in ELA and 48% in math; it leads the tested elementary schools in both subjects. Nicoma Park Middle School leads the listed schools in science at 56%, 26 points above the state, and SchoolDigger ranks it at the 90th percentile—the highest current ranking among these schools. L. W. Westfall Elementary School leads elementary schools in fifth-grade science at 54%. At the lower end, Nicoma Park Intermediate Elementary School has the lowest all-grades ELA, math and science results among the reporting schools at 26%, 22% and 29%. Choctaw High School has the highest ELA result, 44%, but the lowest science result, 14%—16 points below the state.
Average scores fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by about 1 point in ELA, 2 in math and 5 in science, though the school averages remained above state results. Individual schools moved differently: Choctaw High’s science score dropped 17 points, while Nicoma Park Middle’s rose 5. Attendance is another important contrast: chronic absenteeism was 24% at Nicoma Park Middle and 21% at Choctaw Middle School, both above the state’s 16%. The reported measure for free/reduced lunch eligible students, for 2024–2025, ranged from 36% at Choctaw High to 53% at Choctaw Elementary; Choctaw Elementary had strong scores despite the highest share, while Nicoma Park Intermediate’s share was 48% alongside lower results. These figures offer context, not an explanation for school performance.
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