Best Public Schools in Zip Code 74002

ZIP code 74002 has three public schools in Barnsdall: Barnsdall Elementary School (prekindergarten–grade 5), Barnsdall Middle School (grades 6–8) and Barnsdall High School (grades 9–12). The clearest difference in the latest results is in math: proficiency ranged from 0% at the high school to 50% at the elementary school, compared with 25% statewide. The main takeaway is that performance varies substantially by school and subject, rather than being consistent across the ZIP code.

The elementary school stands out in math, scoring 25 percentage points above the state; the middle school scored 19%, 6 points below the state, and the high school scored 0%, 25 points below. In English Language Arts, the high school led locally at 31%—5 points above the state and 14 points ahead of the middle school, the local low at 17%. The elementary school matched the state at 26%. Grade-level results at the elementary school also differ: third-grade ELA was 39% versus 26% statewide, while fourth-grade ELA was 13% versus 22%; fourth-grade math was 62% versus 33%, while third-grade math was 30% versus 33%. The high school’s U.S. History result was a relative strength at 48% versus 41% statewide, while its science result was 18% versus 30%.

Recent changes were mixed, with the sharpest declines at the high school: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its ELA fell from 54% to 31%, math from 15% to 0%, science from 54% to 18%, and U.S. History from 58% to 48%. The elementary school’s math remained comparatively strong despite falling from 57% to 50%; the middle school’s ELA and math dipped from 20% to 17% and 21% to 19%. SchoolDigger’s elementary percentile rose from 26 in 2020–2021 to 65 in 2025–2026, while the high school’s moved from 6 to 89 and then 44 across the reported years. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios ranged from 18.0 to 21.1; free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 76% at the elementary, 65% at the middle and 61% at the high school. The high school also had a 95% graduation rate in 2024–2025, compared with 78% statewide, and all three schools had lower chronic absenteeism than the state in 2025–2026. These indicators offer context, not explanations for test results. Because the schools serve different grades and are relatively small, results are not fully like-for-like and year-to-year percentages can shift.