📍 7501 West Hefner Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, 73162
Ralph Downs Es is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County. The school has 416 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Putnam City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ralph Downs Es enrolls 416 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% White, 31% Black or African American and 16% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 134 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 128 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 68 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 13% |
| Asian | 18 | 4.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 416 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ralph Downs Es is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50, state senate district 47, state house district 100.
Ralph Downs Es is one of 26 schools in PUTNAM CITY, based in Warr Acres, Oklahoma. The district serves 18,836 students district-wide and employs 1,221 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 416 students, Ralph Downs Es is smaller than the district average of about 724 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large