The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in Science. The lowest is 10% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Allen-bowden Public School
Allen-Bowden Public School serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a part of Tulsa that lies within Creek County. The school is a single-campus public school, not a charter or magnet, and it operates under the Allen-Bowden district. Because its grade band ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report, and the school does not offer the kind of advanced coursework or career pathways typically associated with high schools. What is known about the school comes from state assessment results, enrollment demographics, and the surrounding community context.
The student body is diverse, though roughly half of the enrolled students are white. The next largest groups are American Indian or Alaska Native students and students who identify with two or more races, each making up a substantial share. Hispanic students and Black students are also present, while Asian and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander populations are very small. Information on how many students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, receive special education services, or are classified as English learners was not available in the data used here, so a full picture of the school’s economic and support needs is incomplete.
On the Oklahoma State Testing Program assessments, proficiency rates across both math and English language arts are low. In math, the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above in grades three through seven ranges from a modest figure in fifth grade down to a very small share in third and seventh grades. Eighth-grade math results were suppressed, so no public figure exists for that grade. In English language arts, the pattern is similar: third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades all show very low proficiency, while seventh and eighth grades reach somewhat higher but still low shares. Science results are available for two grades: fifth-grade science proficiency is very low, while eighth-grade science shows a notably higher proportion of students reaching proficiency. Overall, when combining all tested subjects and grades, the school’s proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among districts in Creek County, meaning that most other districts in the county have higher average performance. A recent change in the state’s cut scores for both math and English language arts makes it difficult to compare this year’s results to prior years, so it is unclear whether these figures represent a change from past trends.
The school is located in an area of Tulsa that falls within Creek County, not the more urban Tulsa County. Housing values in the zip code that serves the school are moderately above the statewide average but below the national median, suggesting a cost of living that is higher than much of Oklahoma but still less expensive than many parts of the country. The broader Tulsa economy has moved beyond its historic reliance on oil into finance, aviation, technology, and manufacturing, and the city has seen steady population growth. However, the immediate community around the school may reflect a more suburban or exurban character than the downtown core described in the city’s cultural profile.
No information about school discipline rates, chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, or course access was available in the data. The district brief found no recent parent-relevant changes such as boundary adjustments, program launches, or leadership transitions that could be confirmed. A parent or resident considering this school would want to look into current student support services and any academic improvement efforts, given the low assessment results, and to ask directly about special education and English learner programs, since those figures were not reported here.
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