The top reported proficiency rate is 21% in Math. The lowest is 9% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Woodrow Wilson Es
Woodrow Wilson ES is an elementary school in the Duncan Public Schools district, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a neighborhood school in the city of Duncan, the county seat of Stephens County. Duncan has a mixed industrial and agricultural economy, with a strong historical and continuing presence of the oilfield services company Halliburton, along with the Chickasaw Nation and Duncan Regional Hospital as major local employers. The city has a downtown district centered between Walnut and Willow and parks with walking trails, and the community has cited “Plenty of Positive Growth” in recent local assessments.
The school enrolls a student body that is close to half white, with the remainder made up of a substantial Hispanic population, and smaller shares of students who identify as two or more races, Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Asian. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, and the data also did not include counts for students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to ask the school about those supports directly.
On state assessments, Woodrow Wilson ES’s proficiency rates fall in the bottom quartile when compared with other districts in Stephens County. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was roughly one in five for third grade, one in four for fourth grade, and about one in six for fifth grade. In English language arts, proficiency was about one in five for third graders, closer to one in ten for fourth graders, and just under one in ten for fifth graders. In fifth-grade science, roughly one in eleven students met the proficiency bar. The state of Oklahoma changed its cut scores for math and English language arts in this testing year, meaning results are not directly comparable with prior years, and readers should be cautious about reading trends from this single year of data. A parent may want to look into how the school approaches math and reading instruction and what support is available for students who are performing below grade level.
The school is not a charter school. No information was available on Title I status, staffing, chronic absenteeism, or discipline, so there is no basis to assess those aspects of the school environment. Housing in Duncan’s zip code area is well below the state and national median home value, with a typical mortgage payment that is lower than the national median rent, suggesting that homes are relatively affordable compared with much of the country. Rents in the area are also below the national norm.
Woodrow Wilson ES is one of several elementary schools in a district that also feeds into Duncan’s middle and high schools. For a family considering the area, the school sits in a community with a long industrial and agricultural heritage, but the academic proficiency data points to a school where most students are not yet reaching grade-level benchmarks in core subjects, and the available state test results are the main data point to work from. A parent should consider visiting the school and asking about curriculum, intervention programs, and how the school supports students who are still building foundational skills.
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