The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in Math. The lowest is 35% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Lucille Ellingwood Morrow Es
Lucille Ellingwood Morrow Elementary sits within the Owasso Public Schools district but is addressed as Collinsville, a small city about a twenty-minute drive north of Tulsa that has grown rapidly from a modest population to a notably larger one over the past few decades. The town retains a historic downtown core with late-1800s commercial buildings and a range of locally owned shops and restaurants, while the broader area has seen new subdivisions and development spread out across former agricultural land. Housing values in the school’s zip code are above the state median, and rents follow a similar pattern, reflecting the area’s growth and the appeal of a suburban-style setting with access to Tulsa.
This is a pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade school in a district that has been expanding to keep pace with enrollment increases. The district recently passed a major bond issue, funded a new elementary school that opened recently, and adopted a new English Language Arts curriculum for elementary grades with an emphasis on phonics. The school itself is one of several elementaries in the district, and the district describes its schools as located near residential neighborhoods rather than clustered into a single campus.
Morrow’s enrollment is mid-sized for an elementary school serving these grade levels. The student body is predominantly White, with a substantial share of students who identify as Hispanic and a smaller but noteworthy share of Asian students. A portion of students identify as two or more races, and a smaller number are American Indian or Alaska Native. The school’s free-or-reduced-price lunch data is not reported, so there is no direct measure of economic need available from this source.
On the Oklahoma School Testing Program, the school’s performance across grades three through five shows a pattern worth noting. In math, the fourth-grade cohort achieved a solid proficiency rate, well above half of students meeting the state standard. The third- and fifth-grade results in math were lower, with roughly half of students reaching the proficient level in third grade and a similar share in fifth. In English language arts, the results were weaker across all three tested grades. The percentage of proficient students was below half in every grade, with fourth and fifth grades hovering close to the mid-thirty-percent range. Fifth-grade science results were also below half. It is important to note that Oklahoma changed its cut scores for math and English language arts assessments recently, so these results reflect the new standards and are not directly comparable to prior years. When stacked against other districts across Tulsa County, Morrow’s overall proficiency index lands in the top quartile, meaning that despite the lower percentages in some subjects, the school’s combined performance across tested areas places it comparatively well among its county peers.
The school offers a full pre-kindergarten program, which can be a practical consideration for families with four-year-olds. There are no high school grades here, so there is no graduation rate or advanced coursework data to report. Civil rights topics such as discipline rates or chronic absenteeism were not available from the source data, so a parent who wants a clear picture on those fronts would need to ask the school directly.
For a family considering this school, the academic picture is mixed: math performance is reasonably strong in fourth grade but uneven in the other elementary grades, and reading results are an area where a parent would want to understand what supports are in place, especially given the district’s recent investment in a new reading curriculum. The school’s peer environment is diverse in several dimensions, and the surrounding community is growing, with new housing and development shaping the area. This is a school that serves its immediate neighborhoods, and its place in a district that is actively building and investing suggests that growth pressures are a real factor in the day-to-day experience.
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