Preston Es, Preston OK - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Preston Es

Preston Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the unincorporated community of Preston, Oklahoma. It is the lower-campus anchor of Preston Public Schools, a small rural district. The high school operates on a separate campus in Okmulgee, about a dozen miles south, which means families with children approaching ninth grade will need to consider that transition as part of their planning.

Preston itself is a very small settlement along US Route 75 with a quiet, rural character. It has no downtown or walkable commercial district. The handful of businesses—a gas station, feed store, hair salon, heating and air company, a fire protection business, and the offices of Oklahoma Rural Water District No. 2—are scattered along the highway. Housing is almost entirely owner-occupied, prices are well below state and national averages, and the population is essentially stagnant. The community grew very little over the past five years, and households declined slightly. For civic amenities like libraries and parks, residents typically drive to Okmulgee. This is a place where a family chooses rural quiet over convenience and where the school is one of the few local institutions.

The student body is small. Enrollment by race and ethnicity shows that the largest shares are students identifying as two or more races and white, together making up a majority. A substantial portion of students are American Indian or Alaska Native. Smaller groups of Black and Hispanic students are also present. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was not available, and neither were counts for students with disabilities or English learners. Those are notable gaps for a family trying to understand the level of economic diversity or special education support in the building.

On state assessments, Preston Elementary’s results tell a mixed story. Relative to other districts in Okmulgee County, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile. That is a meaningful bright spot. However, looking at the individual grade-level numbers, proficiency rates in math and English language arts are modest. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above ranged from roughly one in six in fifth grade to just over half in fourth grade. Most other grades sat between one-quarter and one-fifth proficient. In ELA, the range was similar: fourth and seventh grades showed about one-third proficient, while eighth grade was below one-fifth. Science results for eighth grade were about one-quarter proficient; fifth grade science results were suppressed and not reported. The broad picture is of a school that performs above many of its county neighbors but where a majority of students at most tested grades are not reaching the proficient threshold. Families may want to discuss with the school how they address those areas, particularly in the upper elementary and middle school grades.

Because Preston Elementary serves only through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and no chronic absenteeism data was available. Data on staffing, discipline, and course access were also absent from the available information. The school is not a charter and had no magnet status recorded. The district shows no recent public changes to curriculum, boundaries, or property tax measures that would affect a family’s decision.

Preston Elementary is a small, rural school in a stable, low-growth community. Its academic standing is above the county median, but absolute proficiency levels are moderate, which is something a parent should explore further with the school. The separate location of the high school and the limited local amenities mean that living here is a deliberate choice for a slow-paced, highway-oriented lifestyle. For those comfortable with that, the school is the center of the community from early childhood through middle school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 25%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

▲ 11 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 30%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 26%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 621%

School 21% · District 21%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 735%

School 35% · District 35%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 818%

School 18% · District 18%

even with state median

Science

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 5 pts below state median

This schoolPRESTON, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income49%Higher-income46%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income40%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income65%34 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income41%Higher-income62%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income53%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income46%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income40%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income53%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income23%Higher-income54%31 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income40%Higher-income41%1 pp gap