The top reported proficiency rate is 32% in Math. The lowest is 10% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Arthur Es
Arthur Elementary School serves prekindergarten through fourth grade in the Oklahoma City Public Schools system. It is a public neighborhood school, not a charter or magnet. Located on South Independence Avenue in the southern part of the city, it enrolls a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of white, Black, multiracial, and American Indian students. The school’s enrollment is of modest size for its grade band.
The community around the school sits within Oklahoma City’s vast, car-dependent landscape. The city is one of the largest in the United States by area, with an economy anchored by energy, aviation, federal employment, and livestock markets. Downtown Oklahoma City, with its government buildings, entertainment districts, and cultural institutions, is a concentrated core, but most residential areas, including this one, are spread out and auto-oriented. Housing values in the zip code are well below both the state and national benchmarks, and rents are modest relative to national figures, making this an affordable pocket of the metropolitan area.
In terms of academic performance, Arthur Elementary’s results present a mixed picture. The school’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint among districts in Oklahoma County, which is a positive relative standing. However, the grade-level scores vary noticeably. Third-grade math stands out with a proficiency rate that is substantially higher than the other tested subjects and grades. Fourth-grade math, third-grade English language arts, and especially fourth-grade English language arts show considerably lower proficiency. The fourth-grade ELA number is quite low, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school. Science results are available only from an older testing cycle and are very low, but those data predate the Oklahoma School Testing Program’s recent cut-score changes, so direct comparison with current results is not reliable. The state adjusted its proficiency thresholds in math and ELA, which makes trend calculations uncertain.
Because this is an elementary school, no high school graduation rate applies, and no chronic absenteeism data are available. The school does not report free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education enrollment, or English learner counts in the available data, so a full picture of student support needs and economic context is incomplete. A family considering the school would need to ask the district or school directly about these services and about how the school addresses the disparities seen between grade levels.
Arthur Elementary is part of the Oklahoma City district, a large system that has undergone significant facilities investments through the MAPS for Kids and MAPS 4 programs, as well as bond measures, but specific recent district-level changes were not detailed in the available information. The school itself appears to be a standard public elementary offering a foundation for early grades. For a family whose priority is proximity and an affordable housing market, this school fits that profile. For a family focused on strong academic outcomes across all tested grades, the uneven performance and especially the very low fourth-grade reading results would warrant a closer conversation with the school about curriculum, intervention strategies, and how the school supports students who are not yet meeting proficiency benchmarks.
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