The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Math. The lowest is 31% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Davis Es
Davis Elementary (Davis ES) serves students in prekindergarten through fourth grade as part of the Davis Public Schools district in Murray County. The school sits in the small town of Davis, set in the Arbuckle Mountains of southern Oklahoma, where the economy blends tourism—driven by Turner Falls Park and the Treasure Valley Casino—with local retail and a sizable share of jobs in education, health care, and social services. The community describes itself as family oriented, and housing prices in the area are below both the state and national medians, which may appeal to families looking for a lower-cost entry into homeownership. Population growth has been steady but modest, and no major new housing developments or commercial projects were identified in recent sources.
The school enrolls roughly 400 students across the early elementary grades. Racially and ethnically, the student body is about half white, with a substantial American Indian and Alaska Native population—roughly three in ten students—alongside smaller shares of Hispanic students and students identifying as two or more races. Information on students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, students with disabilities, and English learners was not reported, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the range of support services available. The district itself did not have any recent policy changes, curriculum shifts, or referendums publicly noted, so the academic and operational environment appears stable.
State assessment results from the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) for grades 3 and 4 give a picture of where students stand in math and reading. In mathematics, the share of students meeting the state standard was greater in fourth grade than in third grade. In reading, the proportion of students meeting the standard was lower in both tested grades compared to math, and the reading results are a soft spot. A parent may want to ask the school about its literacy curriculum and any targeted reading support. Because the school only goes through fourth grade, there are no high school outcomes such as graduation rates to consider. Multi-year trends were not available, so it is not possible to say whether performance is improving or declining.
When measured against other elementary schools in Murray County, Davis ES's overall proficiency across the tested subjects and grades stands above the others. The comparison uses a proficiency index that averages the available rates, and Davis ES’s index is meaningfully higher than the median among county peers. That relative strength suggests that, among the county’s elementary schools, this one is performing relatively well on state assessments, though the absolute rates in reading are still an area to watch.
No information was available on course offerings, gifted programs, after-school activities, staffing ratios, or chronic absenteeism. The school is not a charter or magnet, and its Title I status was not reported. A parent looking into the school would want to visit, talk to teachers and administrators, and get a sense of the day-to-day learning environment, especially around early literacy. The town itself offers a city park with walking trails and playgrounds, and the nearby Turner Falls Park provides an outdoor recreation anchor, but no public library was mentioned in the search results. Davis ES is the elementary option for a district that feeds into a single middle and high school, so families considering a long-term commitment to the area would also want to learn about the secondary schools that students move into after fourth grade.
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