The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in Math. The lowest is 5% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Santa Fe South Shidler Elementary
Santa Fe South Shidler Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Oklahoma City, operating as a charter school within the Santa Fe South Charter Schools network. This is an elementary school that feeds into the larger Santa Fe South system, which continues through high school in other buildings.
The school sits on the south side of Oklahoma City, a part of a sprawling capital city that blends a dense downtown core with vast stretches of residential and industrial areas. The city's economy is anchored by oil and gas, federal employment at Tinker Air Force Base, aviation, the livestock market, and state government. Housing values in the zip code are well below the state average, and rent prices have been climbing modestly. This is a high-cost-of-living context relative to local incomes, with mortgage rates sitting near prevailing national levels in mid-2026.
Santa Fe South Shidler Elementary's enrollment is predominantly Hispanic, with a very large share of students from that background. White students, Black students, Asian students, and students identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native each account for a very small share of the student body. The school does not publicly report the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, nor the share of students with disabilities or English learner status, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about its support programs. What is clear from the enrollment pattern is that this school serves a heavily Latino student population, which may matter for families looking for a community that reflects that background.
On state assessments, the school's academic performance sits in the bottom quartile among Oklahoma County schools overall. In math, proficiency rates were low across the tested grades, and the results followed a pattern where the third-grade rate was the weakest, while fourth and fifth grades were somewhat higher but still well below a majority proficient. In English language arts, the fourth-grade proficiency rate was very low, and the fifth-grade rate was even lower. The third-grade result in reading was suppressed in the data, meaning the state did not report it, often for privacy reasons linked to a very small number of proficient students. In fifth-grade science, the proficiency rate was very low as well. These are across-the-board low results, and a parent considering this school should look into what academic support and intervention programs the school offers, and how the broader Santa Fe South network addresses early literacy and math skill-building.
Because this is a prekindergarten-through-fifth-grade school, there is no graduation rate to report. That metric applies only to high schools. Similarly, the school does not yet have the kind of chronic absenteeism data that would allow comparison with peers. State testing participation rates were not reported, so it is unclear whether all enrolled students took the assessments.
The school is a charter, meaning it operates with some autonomy from traditional district governance while remaining publicly funded. It is part of the Santa Fe South Charter Schools network, which runs multiple campuses in the same area. Publicly reported information about recent bond measures, referenda, or major changes at the network was not readily found, so a parent may want to ask the network directly about any planned facility upgrades, program expansions, or financial developments that could affect the elementary campus.
For a family weighing this school, the picture is one of a predominantly Hispanic, charter elementary in a low-cost housing area of a large, sprawling city, with academic results that are well below the county median. The school's strengths may lie in its role as part of an established charter network with a known identity in south Oklahoma City, but the available testing data points to real challenges in math, reading, and science that a parent would want to discuss with the principal and teachers to understand the school's approach to improvement.
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