Windsor Hills Es, Oklahoma City OK

Original Research by School Decision on Windsor Hills Es

Windsor Hills Elementary is a public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Oklahoma City's Putnam City district. It sits within a large, sprawling city that combines a downtown government and energy hub with vast residential suburbs and industrial zones. The school is one of many elementary campuses in a district that recently passed the largest bond measure in its history, which is funding safety upgrades, technology, and facility improvements across all schools.

The student body at Windsor Hills is diverse, with a majority identifying as Hispanic and meaningful shares of students who are Black, white, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and those of two or more races. The school enrolls about that size for an elementary school, with classes running from a pre-kindergarten cohort through fifth-grade sections that each serve a similar number of students. Free and reduced-price lunch data was not available, so it is not possible to say how many families are in that category, though a parent may want to ask the school directly about economic supports.

State testing results from the most recent year show that proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science all fall below the midpoint among tested schools in Oklahoma. In math, across the three tested grades, the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above was modest. In English language arts, proficiency rates were lower still across those same grades. In fifth-grade science, the proficiency rate was similarly modest. These figures place the school's overall proficiency index in the bottom quartile when compared with other districts in Oklahoma County. There are important caveats. The state changed its cut scores for math and English language arts that year, which makes direct comparisons with prior years unreliable. So these results represent a snapshot under a new standard, and it is not yet clear how other schools shifted under the same change. A parent may want to ask administrators how the school is responding to these results and what academic interventions are in place.

The school serves only elementary grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Similarly, data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, and staffing were not available in the materials reviewed. This kind of information would give a fuller picture of daily school life and whether students are regularly in class.

The community context around the school is shaped by Oklahoma City's broad geography and auto-oriented development. Housing in the school's zip code is priced modestly relative to national benchmarks, with home values below the state average. Rents are also below the national norm, and the estimated gap between a monthly mortgage and rent is narrow, making the area relatively accessible from a housing cost standpoint. The district's recent bond investment signals a sustained commitment to facilities and safety that may benefit Windsor Hills directly.

For a family considering this school, the central question is how its academic program aligns with a child's needs. The testing data suggests that a substantial portion of students are not yet meeting grade-level proficiency benchmarks under the state's current standards. This does not tell a parent what is happening in the classroom day to day, but it does point to a school where academic support is likely a priority. Windsor Hills is a neighborhood elementary school in a large district with recent infrastructure investment. It serves a highly diverse student population in a part of Oklahoma City where housing costs are relatively moderate.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 315%

School 15% · District 21% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 21% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 18% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 37%

School 7% · District 19% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 48%

School 8% · District 16% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 17% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 22% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolPUTNAM CITY, 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-income27%Higher-income29%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income18%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income23%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income24%Higher-income14%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income18%Higher-income18%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income8%22 pp gap