The reported proficiency rate for English language arts is 95%.
Original Research by School Decision on Deborah Brown Charter
Deborah Brown Charter is a small public charter district in Tulsa County serving only the earliest grades, from pre-kindergarten through third grade. It operates a single school, Deborah Brown Community School. With an enrollment that is modest for a district of this grade span, it is one of the smaller elementary programs in the county. Because it does not serve upper elementary, middle, or high school grades, there is no graduation rate and no state testing beyond the third-grade assessments that Oklahoma administers.
The student body is overwhelmingly Black, with a smaller share of students identified as two or more races and very small numbers of white, American Indian, and Hispanic students. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, receive special education services, or are English learners were not available in the source records, so a parent would need to ask the school directly for that picture.
On the state’s third-grade English language arts assessment, nearly all tested students scored at the proficient level or above. That result places the district’s overall proficiency—which in this case is essentially the ELA outcome, since math results were suppressed due to the small number of test-takers—in the top quarter of Tulsa County’s districts. The math result was withheld by the state, a common practice when very few students are tested in a group, and a parent may want to ask the school how mathematics achievement is measured in the primary years and what trends they track internally.
Chronic absenteeism affects about one in five students, a rate that is above the midpoint among county districts—meaning it is higher than what many neighboring districts report, though not the highest in the area. For a school serving only young children, attendance patterns can be a useful signal to investigate further, especially since consistent presence in the early grades is tied to later academic habits.
Per-pupil spending is in the upper range relative to other Tulsa County districts, suggesting the school allocates more resources per student than most of its peers. What those resources fund—smaller class sizes, specialized staff, instructional materials—is not detailed in the available data.
The district’s public records offer limited information beyond these basics. There is no community context describing the neighborhoods families come from, no listing of program offerings such as pre-K or enrichment, and no disciplinary or staffing data. A family considering Deborah Brown Charter would want to visit the school to understand the daily environment, see how the early childhood program operates, and ask about kindergarten readiness, class size, and supports for students who need extra help. The school website and direct contact with administration would fill in the gaps this profile leaves open.
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