Schools in Zip Code 73402

ZIP code 73402 has five Ardmore schools—three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school—with 2,150 students spanning elementary through high school. Across the schools with reported results, average proficiency is 16% in ELA versus 26% statewide, 12% in math versus 25%, and 16% in science versus 30%. The most important finding is that reported proficiency generally trails the state, by 10 to 14 percentage points on average in these subjects.

Different schools lead in different subjects. Ardmore High School has the highest reported ELA result at 24%, ahead of Lincoln Elementary School at 13% and Ardmore Middle School at 11%, though all are below the state’s 26%. Lincoln leads math at 24%, just 1 point below the state, while the high school and middle school each report 6%. The middle school leads science at 20%, compared with the high school’s 12%; both are below the state’s 30%. Ardmore High also reports 44% in U.S. History, 3 points above the state. Only three schools have supplied proficiency results, and those schools serve different grade spans.

Recent proficiency results mostly declined, with exceptions: ELA fell from 27% to 24% at Ardmore High, 16% to 13% at Lincoln, and 16% to 11% at Ardmore Middle between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Math rose at Lincoln, from 20% to 24%, but fell at the other two schools; science declined at both schools with results. SchoolDigger rankings offer a mixed longer-term picture: Lincoln’s percentile rose from 4 in 2023–2024 to 26 in 2025–2026, while Ardmore High rose from 16 to 43 and then fell to 30; Ardmore Middle went from 4 in 2021–2022 to 25 in 2024–2025, then 12. Other measures also differ: Ardmore Middle’s chronic absenteeism is 10%, below the state’s 16%, while Ardmore High’s graduation rate is 91%, 13 points above the state. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 83% at Ardmore High and 91% at Ardmore Middle; these figures alone do not explain school results.