Summary:
ZIP code 74401 has three schools: Sadler Arts Academy, serving kindergarten through grade 8; Cherokee Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 5; and Pershing Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 5. Their 2025–2026 proficiency results show a sharply uneven picture across the area, rather than similar performance from school to school. The most important finding for families is that reported achievement differs greatly depending on which school a student attends, with Sadler well ahead of the other two.
Sadler is the clear standout: its all-grades proficiency was 61% in English language arts (ELA), 71% in math, and 72% in science. That put it 53, 63, and 57 percentage points above the average of the other two schools in those subjects. SchoolDigger ranked Sadler 14th of 626 statewide (98th percentile, five stars). At the other end, Cherokee had the lowest results—4% ELA, 4% math, and 9% science—and ranked 622nd of 626 (1st percentile, zero stars) on SchoolDigger. Pershing fell between them, at 13%, 13%, and 21%, and ranked 537th (14th percentile, one star).
Results declined overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the three-school averages fell by 3 percentage points in ELA, 2 in math, and 4 in science. Individual patterns differed: Sadler declined in all three subjects, Cherokee improved by 2 points in science while falling in ELA and math, and Pershing’s ELA rose by 1 point, math was unchanged, and science fell by 7. In their shared elementary grades, Pershing generally matched or outscored Cherokee, while Sadler was far higher in reported shared-grade comparisons. Context also differs: 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 43% at Sadler, 85% at Pershing, and 96% at Cherokee; student-teacher ratios were 19.2, 17.2, and 20.0, respectively. These figures describe school context but do not establish what explains achievement differences.
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