The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in Math. The lowest is 22% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Academy of Seminole Charter Es
Academy of Seminole Charter Elementary School is a small public charter school in Seminole, Oklahoma, serving students from Pre-K through 8th grade. It occupies the site of a former public school building at 600 East Strothers Avenue, operating independently of the local Seminole Public Schools district as its own charter district, the Academy of Seminole Charter. Because it does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report.
The student body is small, drawing from Seminole and likely the surrounding unincorporated parts of Seminole County. Racially and ethnically, the school’s enrollment is predominantly white, with a significant Hispanic minority and a notable American Indian or Alaska Native population. Data on the share of students who are economically disadvantaged, receive special education services, or are English learners was not reported, which is a gap a family may want to investigate directly with the school.
State testing results from the 2024-25 school year, from Oklahoma’s OSTP assessments, show a mixed picture that varies sharply by grade. In 3rd grade math, a strong majority of students met the state’s proficiency standard, and in 3rd grade English language arts a majority did as well. By 4th grade, proficiency rates fell to around half in math and to a minority in English language arts. Results for 5th and 6th grades were suppressed in the publicly available data, so a clear read on middle-elementary performance is not possible. In 7th grade English language arts, a modest minority of students were proficient. By 8th grade, proficiency rates were low in both math and English language arts. Science results were suppressed for 5th grade and were low for 8th grade. Oklahoma changed its cut scores for math and English language arts in this testing cycle, which means these results cannot be directly compared with prior years; the school’s trend is not yet knowable.
A broader comparison using a proficiency index that averages all tested subjects and grades places the Academy of Seminole Charter Elementary in the top quartile relative to other districts in Seminole County. That position is driven largely by the strong early-elementary results; the later grades pull the composite down, and a parent looking at this school should weigh the grade-by-grade pattern heavily.
Seminole itself is a small city with a history rooted first in agriculture and then in a rapid 1920s oil boom that transformed it into a regional hub. The boom receded, and the city’s population has been stable at a mid-sized level for decades. Major steady employers include Seminole State College and a Wrangler Jeans facility, with petroleum refining and oil-field equipment manufacturing also part of the local economy. Housing values in Seminole’s ZIP code are notably lower than the state median, making the area comparatively affordable. The city has a traditional downtown, a community college, and a set of civic amenities such as Sportsman Lake, a children’s museum, and a municipal golf course. An EF2 tornado caused heavy damage in 2022, and the city has a comprehensive plan in place guiding redevelopment and growth.
The charter district that runs this school has drawn attention for recent expansion: it opened a second campus in Okmulgee in 2024, also serving Pre-K through 8th grade with plans to eventually add high school grades. For families at the Seminole campus, the district’s early-college high school program, which allows juniors and seniors to attend Seminole State College full-time, is a program offered at the high school level, though this elementary campus itself does not house that program.
For a family considering this school, the central academic pattern is a school whose youngest students show strong early proficiency, but where performance drops off notably by middle school. The small overall enrollment means class sizes are likely small as well, and the charter structure offers a degree of autonomy from the larger district. The housing market in Seminole is affordable relative to the state, and the city’s economy is stable if not fast-growing. A parent should ask the school directly about student support services and about how the school plans to address the proficiency decline in the upper grades.
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