Summary:
ZIP code 74115 has nine Tulsa schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: seven elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, with 2,757 students combined. In 2025–26, the elementary schools averaged 11% proficiency in English language arts (ELA), 12% in math and 15% in science, compared with state rates of 26%, 25% and 30%. The middle and high schools also fell below state results in each reported subject. The most important finding for families is that proficiency is substantially below state levels across all three school levels.
Results vary among the elementary schools, and the leaders depend on the subject. Owen Elementary led in all-grades ELA at 15%, about 5 points above the other six schools’ average; Bell Elementary led in math and science at 22% in each, about 11 and 8 points above the other schools’ respective averages. Celia Clinton Elementary was lowest in all three subjects, at 5% ELA, 6% math and 9% science—about 7 points below the other schools’ averages in each. Grade-level results add exceptions: McKinley Elementary led fifth-grade ELA at 26%, Bell led fifth-grade math at 24%, and Owen led fourth-grade math at 28%.
Elementary averages improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose from 10% to 11%, math from 11% to 12%, and science from 9% to 15%, though individual schools sometimes moved in the opposite direction. Attendance and school characteristics offer additional context: 2025–26 chronic absenteeism ranged from 11% to 34% among elementary schools, while Tulsa Met High had 49% absenteeism despite an 88% graduation rate in 2024–25, above the state’s 78%. Elementary free/reduced lunch eligible measures for 2024–25 ranged from 89% to 96%, and student-teacher ratios ranged from 14.9 to 21.8. SchoolDigger ranked Bell 481 of 626, Owen 493 of 626 and Celia Clinton 618 of 626; these rankings provide another comparison, but do not replace the subject- and grade-level results.
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