The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Math. The lowest is 44% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Stone Ridge Es
Stone Ridge Elementary, part of the Piedmont school district, serves students from first through fourth grade. The school is located in Yukon, Oklahoma, a community that functions largely as a residential base for people who work in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Yukon retains a distinct Czech heritage, visible in its annual Czech Festival, and its Route 66 corridor gives the town a historic commercial spine. The city has seen steady population growth over recent decades, and the surrounding area has experienced a residential building boom that has increased demand for school capacity.
The student body at Stone Ridge is diverse. White students make up the majority, with significant shares of students who are Hispanic, Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and of two or more races. The school is a traditional public school that is not a charter. Its enrollment size is moderate for an elementary school serving grades one through four.
On state assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year, Stone Ridge’s results varied by subject. In mathematics, a majority of both third and fourth graders met the state’s proficiency standard. In English language arts, the share of students scoring proficient was lower than in math, with fewer than half of students in both tested grades reaching that benchmark. A parent interested in literacy support may want to ask the school how it addresses this gap. The school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects, when considered as a composite, sits in the top quartile of elementary schools compared to others in Canadian County. Note that Oklahoma changed its cut scores for the math and English language arts assessments in this testing cycle, so direct year-over-year comparisons are not straightforward.
Because Stone Ridge is an elementary school with no high school grades, it does not report a graduation rate or metrics like college readiness and career pathways. Those indicators are not relevant to its mission. The school’s grade band also means there is no chronic absenteeism data available in the dataset.
The broader Piedmont district has been growing rapidly and has responded with a significant capital investment cycle. Voters approved bond measures in both 2022 and 2023, the latter being the largest bond in district history. The 2023 bond is funding the construction of a new elementary school called Stone Ridge East, a new middle school gymnasium, and district-wide upgrades to safety, security, technology, and transportation. The bond was designed to raise no new taxes above the current rate. This growth context means that families moving into the area should expect a district that is actively building to keep pace with enrollment.
Housing in the area around the school is priced above the statewide median, with home values that have risen modestly over the past year. Rents have also increased slightly. The area’s affordability relative to national benchmarks is hard to fully assess from the available data, but the mortgage-to-income ratio suggests a typical mortgage payment would be a substantial share of the median household income. For families considering a move to this attendance zone, these housing costs are an important piece of the picture.
The school environment and staffing details, as well as information on special education and English learner populations, were not available in the data. Families who need to understand these aspects of the school should contact the school directly. Discipline data and course access information were also absent. These gaps likely reflect the limited data reported for this grade level and entity type.
Stone Ridge Elementary presents as a school with mixed academic performance, stronger in math than in reading, within a district that is growing and investing in new facilities. The town of Yukon offers a suburban lifestyle with historical character and proximity to Oklahoma City. Parents weighing this school should consider the reading proficiency results and inquire about the school’s approach to literacy instruction, while also noting the district’s expansion plans and the housing market in the area.
See more original research from School Decision →