The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Science. The lowest is 23% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Cedar Heights Es
Cedar Heights Elementary is a public school serving grades one through four in Woodward, a city that functions as the principal commercial and trade center for a large region of northwestern Oklahoma. Woodward’s economy draws on agriculture, petroleum and natural gas, wind energy, iodine production, and manufacturing, with major employers including a CF Industries ammonia facility, Beaver Express Service, and oil field service companies. The school is part of the Woodward district and sits on its own campus within a city whose built environment is largely auto-oriented, with a historic downtown core and residential neighborhoods radiating outward.
Cedar Heights is one of the district’s elementary schools and serves only the early elementary grades, which means certain common data points do not apply. There is no graduation rate to report, for example, because the school does not serve high school grades. The school’s enrollment is moderate for a primary-level building. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic presence; smaller shares of students identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, Black, Asian, or two or more races. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as information on students with disabilities and English learners, was not available in the source records.
On state assessments, the results that are available show that student proficiency in both math and English language arts falls below what many families would hope to see. In third-grade math and fourth-grade math, roughly three in ten students scored at the proficient level or above, with fourth-grade proficiency slightly below that. In English language arts, about one in four third-graders and one in five fourth-graders scored proficient or above. A single science assessment from several years ago recorded a higher figure, but that result is dated and from a different testing framework, so it does not provide a reliable current picture. Looking across all the subjects and grades that were tested, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to the other districts in Woodward County, though this comparison set includes only a handful of districts, and a parent may want to examine results more closely against other schools of a similar size and grade band.
State testing cut scores changed recently, which means comparisons to prior years are not straightforward. The district itself, according to publicly available information, has not had major recent changes such as bond elections or curriculum overhauls reported in a way that would be broadly visible to families. For a parent in Woodward, the practical context includes the fact that the district runs multiple elementary schools, an early childhood center, and separate campuses for older students. The city offers recreational amenities such as Crystal Beach Park, Boiling Springs State Park, and walking trails, and it hosts a campus of Northwestern Oklahoma State University and the High Plains Technology Center.
This is a school whose academic results are mixed, with proficiency rates that are below the statewide average but stronger than some of its few county peers. A parent evaluating Cedar Heights would want to ask about what academic interventions or supports are in place, how the school approaches early literacy and math instruction, and what resources exist for students who are struggling to meet grade-level benchmarks. The absence of data on poverty rates, disability services, and English learner supports in the available records is a gap a prospective parent would need to fill by speaking directly with the school or district.
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