The top reported proficiency rate is 20% in English language arts. The lowest is 12% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Tony Goetz Es
Tony Goetz Elementary is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public school in Muskogee, Oklahoma, operating within the Muskogee district. It serves a student body that is demographically diverse: the largest single group identifies as two or more races, followed by white students, then Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, Black, and a very small Asian population. The school enrolls a moderate number of children for its grade band. Data on eligibility for free or reduced-price meals was not reported, and information on students with disabilities or English learners was also absent from the available records, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the full range of support programs.
The most concrete picture of academic performance comes from Oklahoma’s state assessments, the OSTP, administered in grades three through five. The results show that the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above was low across both math and English language arts. In math, the proficiency rate was roughly one in five third graders, then fell to about one in thirteen fourth graders and a similar share of fifth graders. In English language arts, about one in nine third graders met the bar, rising to nearly one in five fourth graders and about three in ten fifth graders. These are the school’s own reported numbers. A state-suppressed result for fifth-grade science means that figure is withheld, so no science proficiency picture is available. Compared with other districts in Muskogee County, Tony Goetz’s overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint of the cohort. The state changed its cut scores for math and ELA in this testing cycle, which makes direct year-over-year comparisons unreliable; multi-year trend data was not available here.
Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school does not offer the kinds of advanced coursework or career pathways that would appear in a high school profile. That is simply the nature of the grade band. No information was provided on discipline rates, chronic absenteeism, or staffing ratios, so those dimensions cannot be characterized from the evidence at hand.
The school is located in Muskogee, a city of roughly mid-size that serves as an industrial and transportation hub for eastern Oklahoma. Major employers include a large Georgia-Pacific tissue-and-paper plant, along with glass, optical machinery, steel fabrication, and food processing businesses. The city has a historic downtown with early-twentieth-century buildings and several museums. A notable civic anchor is Honor Heights Park, a World War I memorial park that hosts an annual Azalea Festival and a large winter lights display. The built environment is auto-oriented, with most residents commuting by car, and the city’s population has declined over the past decade before appearing to stabilize in recent estimates. No large-scale residential development projects were identified in the sources reviewed.
The Muskogee district itself did not have any recent major changes or initiatives described in the available public information, so there is nothing to report about new programs, boundary shifts, or budget developments that would affect Tony Goetz families directly. A parent considering this school will want to weigh the test results carefully. The proficiency rates are low, which is a fact the data supports, but the picture is also incomplete: missing information on student support services, teacher experience, and school climate makes it hard to understand the full learning environment. A direct conversation with the school office or a visit could fill in those blanks.
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