Holmes Park Es, Sapulpa OK - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Holmes Park Es

Holmes Park Elementary sits in Sapulpa, a mid-sized city and the county seat of Creek County, roughly a 14-mile drive northeast of downtown Tulsa via the interstate. Sapulpa describes itself as having a diversified industrial base, rooted historically in glass manufacturing, brickmaking, and the railroad, and the city reports a sizable manufacturing workforce today. The city is modestly growing, with recent annexation activity on its western side, and its position on Historic Route 66 gives it a heritage-tourism identity. Housing values in the area are near the state benchmark, with rents that are moderate relative to national figures, and the local housing market appears more affordable than the national average. The school building is located on East Dewey Avenue in Sapulpa. No recent district-level changes that would directly affect a parent’s daily experience were found in publicly available sources, so the district trajectory from a parent perspective is stable for now.

Holmes Park serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and has a sizable enrollment for an elementary school. The student body is predominantly white, with a notable share of students identifying as two or more races, and smaller but meaningful populations of Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska Native students. The school is not a charter or magnet school.

State assessment results are available for the most recent school year. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above varied by grade: it was in the range of roughly two-fifths in third and fourth grade, but dropped to about a sixth of students in fifth grade. In English language arts, the pattern was similar, with about a quarter of third graders, roughly three-tenths of fourth graders, and about a third of fifth graders reaching proficiency. In science, which is tested only in fifth grade, about two-fifths of students scored proficient or above. When compared to other districts in Creek County, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile. That is a stronger relative showing than the raw numbers alone might suggest, indicating that many schools in the county are contending with lower attainment levels.

Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no high school graduation rate to report. Chronic absenteeism data and free-or-reduced-price lunch counts were not available in the profile, so a full picture of student economic background and attendance patterns is incomplete. A parent curious about these dimensions may want to ask the school directly.

Holmes Park’s test results show a school where proficiency rates are modest in absolute terms, with a notable dip in fifth-grade math that stands out. At the same time, the school ranks well within its county, and its size and grade span mean it serves as a neighborhood entry point to the Sapulpa district. For a family considering this school, the key question is how these proficiency numbers align with their own expectations for early academic foundations, and whether the fifth-grade math result reflects a specific cohort or a broader instructional pattern worth investigating further.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 40%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 41%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 33% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 31% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 25% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 31% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 35% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

This schoolSAPULPA, 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-income54%Higher-income75%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income44%Higher-income94%51 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income59%Higher-income57%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income63%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income88%40 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income37%Higher-income57%20 pp gap