The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in Math. The lowest is 12% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on College Bound(charter)
COLLEGE BOUND (CHARTER) is a single-charter district in Tulsa County serving prekindergarten through eighth grade. It was originally a single campus and, as publicly reported, expanded to two campuses beginning with the 2023-2024 school year: an Eastside campus serving through fourth grade and a Brookside campus serving through eighth grade. This expansion is the central structural story of the district, giving families two geographic locations within Tulsa and increasing the district’s overall enrollment capacity.
The student body is heavily Hispanic, with a smaller share of Black students and a limited presence of white, multiracial, and Native American students. It is a district where most families choosing it are likely seeking early- and middle-grade education in a charter setting rather than a traditional Tulsa public school assignment. The enrollment is spread across the elementary grades with the largest numbers in kindergarten through third grade, then a notable drop-off beginning in fifth grade and continuing through eighth grade, where the class sizes are much smaller. This shape suggests a pattern of families entering the charter in the early years and leaving before or during middle school, which a parent may want to discuss with the school directly to understand the reasons and the experience of students who stay.
State testing results for the 2024-2025 school year are available for grades three through eight, though the cut scores changed that year, making direct comparisons to prior years unreliable. In both math and English language arts, proficiency rates are low across every tested grade. Third-grade math proficiency is the highest reported, while sixth- and seventh-grade math proficiency is in the single digits. In English language arts, no grade reaches a proficiency rate above the low single digits. Science results, reported for fifth and eighth grades, are similarly low. The eighth-grade math proficiency result is suppressed, which typically happens when the tested count is small enough that reporting a rate could identify individual students.
When placed among Tulsa County’s districts, this district falls in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades. Its chronic absenteeism rate sits below the midpoint among the county’s districts, meaning a larger share of students than average are missing substantial school time. The district’s per-pupil spending is in the upper range compared with other districts in the county, a figure that reflects the costs of operating a two-campus charter serving a relatively small and dispersed enrollment.
Because the district ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. Similarly, data on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education identification, and English learner status are not available from the source, so readers cannot assess the extent of economic need or the share of students receiving specialized instruction. The district operates two schools: College Bound Academy-Eastside Campus and College Bound Academy-Brookside Campus. A parent considering this district should visit both campuses to understand the program, the staff, and the peer environment, and should ask directly about the drop-off in enrollment after early elementary grades and the school’s approach to supporting students who arrive reading below grade level. The testing data indicates that many students are not meeting state benchmarks, and a family would want to hear from the school how it is addressing that.
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