The top reported proficiency rate is 16% in Math. The lowest is 8% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Coolidge Es
Coolidge Elementary is a public school in Enid, Oklahoma, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of the Enid school district, which is the public school system for Garfield County’s largest city.
Enid itself is a mid-sized regional hub, the county seat, shaped historically by agriculture, oil, the railroad, and the presence of Vance Air Force Base. The city has a traditional downtown grid with historic buildings, and its neighborhoods range from early-20th-century additions like Kenwood and East Hill to newer developments on the outskirts. The housing market is notably affordable; typical home values and rents in the area sit well below state and national averages. The economy is a mix of agriculture, energy, military, healthcare, and manufacturing, giving the city a stable but not high-growth feel.
Coolidge is an elementary school with an enrollment that is moderate for that grade band. Its student body is diverse. A majority of students identify as Hispanic, with a substantial share identifying as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, a group that makes up a visible presence here. White students are the next largest group, and smaller numbers of students identify as two or more races, Black, or American Indian or Alaska Native. The school does not report free or reduced-price lunch data, nor counts for students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the share of students who qualify for support services.
On state assessments, Coolidge’s proficiency rates are low across the board. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above is below the midpoint for districts in Garfield County, and the school sits in the bottom quartile among them when looking at overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, the rates are similarly low, and in science, the same pattern holds. Because the state changed its assessment cut scores recently, year-over-year comparisons are not possible from this data. A parent considering Coolidge would want to look into what academic interventions or supports the school offers, and how the school is working to address these results.
The school offers no data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, or staffing. For an elementary school, course access questions are less relevant than at the secondary level, but information on class sizes and teacher turnover would be useful context. A parent may wish to ask the principal about these topics directly.
No major district changes such as bond elections, boundary shifts, or new programs were identified in the publicly available record for Enid. The district appears to be in a period of relative stability on those fronts, though the absence of parent-relevant change news does not mean nothing is happening; it simply means nothing rose to the level of a lasting-impact change in recent searches.
Coolidge fits a family looking for a neighborhood elementary school in a very affordable midsized city. The student body is diverse, especially in its sizable Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population and Hispanic majority. The academic picture is a soft spot, and a family who values strong test outcomes would want to investigate what supplementary or tiered instruction is available. The school is part of a larger district that runs through high school, so the elementary experience feeds into a system a family can follow all the way through twelfth grade without switching districts. For those already living in Enid’s east side near Ash Avenue, Coolidge is the zoned school and the obvious first stop.
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