Enrollment
788
Oklahoma · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Oklahoma City, OK
Federal NCES profile for Prairie View Es, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 39/100.
The verdict
Prairie View Es earns 39/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 79% of Oklahoma schools.
Prairie View Es has class sizes larger than 79% of Oklahoma schools. Computed live against every Oklahoma school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Prairie View Es ranks #43 of 77 schools in Oklahoma City, OK.
NCES ID 402100002786 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Enrollment
788
Oklahoma · 2024-25 NCES data
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
18.3:1
vs 16.1:1 Oklahoma avg
+14% vs state
How Prairie View Es compares with Oklahoma and U.S. medians
Slightly above state median
18.3:1 - 2.2 above the Oklahoma state median of 16.1:1, indicating larger average class loads than typical schools in the state.
Prairie View Es is a large combined-grade school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, enrolling 788 students.
Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 18.3:1 puts it in the larger third of Oklahoma schools by student-teacher ratio.
By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in Oklahoma, bigger than 92% of state schools at 788 students.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,778 scored Oklahoma schools.
Its student body is led by White (47%) and Hispanic or Latino (21%) (diversity index 71/100).
Counselor access is stretched at roughly 788 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.
16.8% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Mustang spends $9,305 per pupil, 26% below the Oklahoma average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Among Oklahoma City's public schools, it stands alongside Epic Charter School Elementary (14,019 students): Prairie View Es is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (18.3:1 vs 19.2:1).
Mustang also operates Mustang Hs (3,804 students) and Canyon Ridge Ies (798 students) alongside Prairie View Es.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
Prairie View Es on the metrics families compare, against Oklahoma and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Oklahoma | Oklahoma avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 18.3:1 | ▲ 14% | 16.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 788 | top 8% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Largest group: White at 46.6% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 70.5, Prairie View Es is more mixed than the Oklahoma school average of 59.6.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Mustang, which includes Prairie View Es.
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustang Hs | Larger | No free-lunch data | Higher S:T ratio |
| Canyon Ridge Ies | Similar size | No free-lunch data | Similar S:T ratio |
| Mustang Trails Es | Similar size | No free-lunch data | Similar S:T ratio |
| Riverwood Es | Similar size | No free-lunch data | Similar S:T ratio |
| Mustang North Ms | Similar size | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Prairie View Es's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
6 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Oklahoma, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Next steps
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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.
Prairie View Es has 788 students enrolled. It is a public school in Oklahoma City, OK.
The student-teacher ratio at Prairie View Es is 18.3:1, which is 14% higher than the Oklahoma average of 16.1:1 and 17% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.
The largest demographic group at Prairie View Es is White at 46.6% of enrollment, in Oklahoma City, OK. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 70.5/100.
Prairie View Es has a Resource Investment Index of 39/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
By Resource Investment Index, Prairie View Es ranks #43 of 77 schools in Oklahoma City, OK. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Oklahoma City on the city page.
Prairie View Es earns 39/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 79% of Oklahoma schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
Besides Prairie View Es, Mustang also operates Mustang Hs (3,804 students), Canyon Ridge Ies (798 students), and Mustang Trails Es (757 students). See the Mustang district page for the complete list.
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