The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Math. The lowest is 45% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Mustang Lakehoma Es
Mustang Lakehoma Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through fourth grade and is one of the elementary schools in the Mustang Public Schools district. The school sits in a fast-growing suburb of Oklahoma City, a community that began as an agricultural center and transformed into a bedroom suburb starting in the 1960s. That growth has continued, and the district has responded with a recent bond issue that funded a new elementary school, classroom additions, and safety upgrades across the district. For a family considering this area, the school’s context is one of sustained expansion and the district’s active efforts to keep pace.
The school’s enrollment is on the larger side for an elementary building serving only these early grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and a smaller but notable share of students who identify with two or more races. The shares of Black, Asian, and Native American students are all very small. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are English learners was not available, so a reader cannot assess the school’s level of economic or instructional need from the data at hand.
On state assessments, third graders showed a mixed picture. In math, just over half of third graders scored proficient or above. In English language arts, less than half of third graders reached that same bar. Fourth graders performed stronger in math, with close to two-thirds scoring proficient or above. Fourth-grade English language arts results were suppressed, so no public data is available for that grade and subject. When compared across all tested subjects and grades against other schools in districts across Canadian County, Mustang Lakehoma’s overall proficiency level sits in the top quarter of that group. That is a solid position within its local county context. Still, parents may want to discuss with the school the third-grade reading results, which are below the math outcomes and may factor into decisions about early literacy support.
Because the school only serves through fourth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school does not publish chronic absenteeism data in the available records. No information was available on course access, staffing ratios, or discipline rates. The school is not a charter and does not appear to be a magnet program, and its Title I status was not reported, so it is unclear whether it receives federal funding for high-poverty support.
Housing in the area is moderately priced compared to national benchmarks. The typical home value in the school’s zip code is above the state average but below the national figure. Rents are similarly positioned. For a family moving to the area, the combination of a growing district, a school with above-county-average test results in the early grades, and a housing market that is less expensive than many parts of the country may be attractive. The school’s academic strengths are clearest in fourth-grade math, while the third-grade reading scores are a softer spot a family would want to understand better by talking to the school about its literacy approach and supports.
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