Edmond Public Schools

Edmond Public Schools is a public school district located in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond, Oklahoma. The school district has an enrollment of 23,496 students as of October 2020, employing over 3,000 people.[1][2] Edmond Public Schools consists of 17 elementary schools, six middle schools, and three high schools and an early childhood center.[3] Two new elementary schools, Redbud Elementary and Scissortail Elementary, are opening in 2022.[4]

Edmond Public Schools
Location
1001 West Danforth Road
Edmond, Oklahoma 73003
Oklahoma County

United States of America
District information
TypePublic, Primary, Secondary, Co-Educational
GradesElementary Pre-K-5
Middle School 6–8
High School 9–12
SuperintendentMr. Bret Towne
Schools27
Budget$151,383,000
Students and staff
Students22,500
Teachers1,130
Student–teacher ratio18:1
Other information
Websitewww.edmondschools.net

In 2020, Bret Towne announced that he was retiring as superintendent at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.

History

In 1889, Oklahoma's first public schoolhouse (not to be confused with Oklahoma's first school) was opened in Edmond. The project was funded by the Ladies School Aid Society, led by Jennie Forster.[5] The first class of students attended school on September 16, 1889. Over the 1890's, the class size outgrew the original schoolhouse, which was sold in September 1899. Eventually, the status of the building was lost to time.

In 1997, the Edmond City Council approved an effort to investigate what happened to the schoolhouse. The Edmond Historic Preservation Trust led the investigation and eventual restoration of the schoolhouse was completed in April 2007.[6]

Schools

Elementary schools

[7]

  • Angie Debo Elementary School
  • Centennial Elementary School
  • Charles Haskell Elementary School
  • Chisholm Elementary School
  • Clegern Elementary School
  • Clyde Howell (This is the district’s early-childhood education center)
  • Cross Timbers Elementary School
  • Frontier Elementary School
  • Heritage Elementary School
  • Ida Freeman Elementary School
  • John Ross Elementary School
  • Northern Hills Elementary School
  • Orvis Risner Elementary School
  • Russell Dougherty Elementary School
  • Sunset Elementary School
  • Washington Irving Elementary School
  • West Field Elementary School
  • Will Rogers Elementary School
  • Redbud Elementary (scheduled to open Fall 2021) [8]
  • Scissortail Elementary (scheduled to open TBD)

Middle schools

  • Central Middle School
  • Cheyenne Middle School
  • Cimarron Middle School
  • Heartland Middle School
  • Oakdale Middle School
  • Sequoyah Middle School
  • Summit Middle School (outside of Edmond)

High schools

References
  1. "Edmond Public Schools – Edmond Public Schools". Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. "State Public Enrollment Totals" (Excel). Oklahoma State Department of Education. Retrieved 21 Jan 2021.
  3. Edmond Public Schools
  4. "2021 Boundary Realignment |". Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. "1889 Territorial Schoolhouse". Edmond Historical Society. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. "1889 Territorial School - Edmond Historic Preservation Trust". www.edmondhistoricaltrust.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. "Edmond Elementary Schools". Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. https://edmondschools.net/our-schools/upcoming-projects/

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