Mckinley Es, Enid OK - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Mckinley Es

McKinley Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in Enid, Oklahoma, is a neighborhood public school with a modest enrollment. Its student body reflects the diversity of the surrounding community: a significant share of children are white, roughly one-third identify as Hispanic, and smaller but notable groups include students who are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, and those identifying with two or more races. The school draws from a largely auto-oriented Great Plains city that is a regional hub for agriculture, energy, healthcare, and the military (Vance Air Force Base). Founded during Oklahoma’s land run era, Enid has a historic downtown and a set of established residential neighborhoods—Kenwood, Waverley, East Hill—that grew during the oil boom of the early twentieth century.

Academically, McKinley’s performance on Oklahoma’s state assessments (OSTP) places it in the bottom quartile among elementary schools across all tested subjects and grades, relative to other districts in Garfield County. Proficiency rates in math vary by grade but consistently fall below the midpoint of the county’s schools. Reading and English language arts results are similarly modest, with a wider gap in fourth grade. Science results for fifth grade also lag behind many peers. The state changed its cut scores for math and ELA in recent years, which means that direct year-over-year comparisons are not straightforward, but the current snapshot indicates that a parent looking for strong academic outcomes on standardized measures would want to examine the school’s approach closely.

The school serves only elementary grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Data on free- or reduced-price lunch eligibility, students with disabilities, English learner status, discipline, and chronic absenteeism were not available in the provided records. Those gaps are common for a school of this type—this information is often reported at the district level or withheld for small populations—but a parent may want to follow up with the school directly to understand how support services are structured.

Enid itself offers a mix of civic and cultural anchors: Government Springs Park, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, and several museums. Housing in the area is modestly priced relative to national benchmarks, with both home values and rents rising at a pace near the national average in recent months. The district’s strategic priorities and any recent bond measures, school closures, or curriculum changes were not found in the available search results. The omission does not mean nothing is happening, only that public-facing information on parent-relevant changes was not captured in this data. For a family weighing McKinley Elementary, the central consideration is a school with a mixed academic record in a stable, mid-sized city where the cost of living is manageable and the institutional landscape includes a historic downtown and a major air force base. A parent would do well to visit, talk to teachers about how the school addresses academic gaps, and ask about the support resources that are not captured in this profile.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 26% · ▲ 3 pts above district

even with state median · even with county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 30% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 25% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 24% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 48%

School 8% · District 17% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 26% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Science

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 31% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

This schoolENID, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.