Summary:
ZIP code 73036 includes two middle schools in El Reno: Leslie F Roblyer Learning Center, serving grades 5–6, and Etta Dale Junior High School, serving grades 7–8; they enroll 388 and 438 students, respectively. In 2025–2026, their average all-grades proficiency was 14% in English Language Arts, compared with 26% statewide; in mathematics it averaged 17%, about 9 percentage points below the state’s 25%. Science was stronger: the schools averaged 32%, 2 points above the state’s 30%. The central finding is that science stands out as a relative strength, while ELA and mathematics results lag the state.
The schools have different subject strengths rather than one clear all-around leader. Roblyer led in ELA, with 15% proficient versus 13% at Etta Dale, and in mathematics, with 22% versus 11%—an 11-point difference. Etta Dale led in science, scoring 35% compared with Roblyer’s 29%, and was 5 points above the state result; Roblyer was 1 point below it. Because the schools serve different grades, these all-grades comparisons are not grade-matched.
Recent results show notable momentum at Roblyer, alongside a mathematics decline at Etta Dale. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Roblyer gained 10 points in mathematics, 8 in science and 2 in ELA; Etta Dale gained 1 point in science but fell 3 points in ELA and 4 in mathematics. SchoolDigger ranks Etta Dale at the 23rd percentile, 1 star and 292nd of 378 schools in 2025–2026; its percentile was 33rd the prior year. Both schools had a 15.9 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and similar free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year: 80% at Etta Dale and 81% at Roblyer. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was lower at Roblyer—3% versus 12% at Etta Dale—though these figures describe context and do not explain achievement differences.
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