TPS seeks to close 17 schools. Here’s what we know about each campus. 

Tulsa Public Schools is considering closing or consolidating 17 schools across the city, in addition to reshuffling or reimagining others. 

It’s an effort to rebalance the district’s budget. Student enrollment has declined significantly over the past several decades and, like many other large metro districts across the country, TPS is feeling the funding strain. After a series of community information meetings between Sept. 29 and Oct. 14, the recommendation will go before the board for a vote Oct. 19. 

The Flyer wants you to have all the details on each campus slated for closure, including:

• How many students each school enrolls
• How full each building is
• Building conditions based on the most recent report 
• Student demographics
• 2021 bond dollars allocated to the campus 
• Where students would go under the closure plan

Student enrollment numbers reflect the last day of school count at each site in the 2025-26 school year. Student demographics are taken from the state’s most recent school report cards, from the 2024-25 school year. Building conditions reflect the 10-year estimates from the district’s 2020 facility condition assessments report obtained by the Flyer. Bond allocations are from the district’s most recent bond transparency report, which tracked approved spending from the 2021 voter-approved package through December 2025.  

Across the district, 81% of students are economically disadvantaged and the majority are non-white. Around 13% of its students have a disability. 

Mobile users: Double tap on a school name below to view more information.

Anderson Elementary Bell Elementary Central Middle and High Dolores Huerta Elementary Greenwood Leadership Academy Hoover Elementary Kerr Elementary Key Elementary Marshall Elementary Mitchell Elementary Peary Elementary Robertson Elementary Sequoyah Elementary Springdale Elementary Unity Learning Academy Thoreau Demonstration Academy Tulsa MET Middle and High

Anderson Elementary

The building at 1921 E. 29th St. N opened in 1960 as a junior high school, named after opera singer Marian Anderson and later shifted into an elementary. Under the recommendation, it will be the new home to Felicitas Mendez International School, a magnet program where students filled 95% of the building last year. 

Enrollment: 371 students filling 62% building capacity.

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Black student population, at nearly 59% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 19.24% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $635,250

Estimated 2030 condition: Fair, with $2.61 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Hawthorne Elementary or Whitman Elementary.

Bell Elementary

The building at 6304 E. Admiral Blvd. opened in 1952 as a junior high named after Alexander Graham Bell. It was part of what was called the “biggest construction boom” in district history, paid for with a $4.8 million bond issue approved in 1950. The school construction with equipment cost about $1.4 million.

Enrollment: 353 students filling 52% building capacity.

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, nearly 76% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 7.48% of students had a disability. 

2021 bond allocation: $6.4 million, including over $5.3 million in interior renovation costs.

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with over $9.02 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: MacArthur Elementary or McKinley Elementary.

Central Middle and High

The district’s oldest high school at 3101 W. Edison St. was founded in 1906 and moved to 6th Street and Cincinnati Avenue in 1916. In 1938, it was among the nation’s largest schools with about 5,000 students. In 1976, it moved to its current location and opened with about 1,000 students. In 1997, it was re-imagined with a fine arts program magnet. The campus combined middle and high schools in August 2011.

Enrollment: 553 students filling 56% building capacity

Middle school demographics: The middle school has a predominantly Black student population, nearly 73% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 18.07% of students had a disability. 

High school demographics: The high school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, nearly 76% on last year’s state report card. Nearly all its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 15.27% of its students had a disability. 

2021 bond allocation: $5.2 million, including nearly $1.99 million in cafeteria renovations.

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $12.84 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Middle school students would go to Monroe Middle or Webster Middle. The high school would become a hub for alternative secondary programs, including Tulsa’s virtual options.

Dolores Huerta Elementary

The building at 10620 E. 27th St. opened in 1971 as Christopher Columbus Elementary and was renamed in August 2018 due to the historical figure’s ties to violence against Indigenous people. 

Enrollment: 298 students filling 58% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, nearly 79% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 6.88% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $1.2 million

Estimated 2030 condition: Very poor, with $5.34 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Skelly Elementary or Disney Elementary

Greenwood Leadership Academy

The campus at 1789 W. Seminole St. opened in 1973 after Gilcrease Hills neighborhood residents deannexed from Tulsa Public Schools. In 1991, patrons dissolved the school to merge with TPS. In 2017, GLA opened in partnership with MET Cares Foundation after sharing a campus with Academy Central. 

Enrollment: 241 students filling 41% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Black student population, nearly 83% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. It reported no students with a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $1.3 million

Estimated 2030 condition: Very poor, with $4.62 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Wayman Tisdale Fine Arts Academy or Burroughs Elementary. The building will continue to host the district’s new S.O.A.R. program for elementary students needing added social and emotional support.

Hoover Elementary

The school at 2327 S. Darlington Ave. opened in 1955 and was named after President Herbert Hoover.

Enrollment: 286 students filling 45% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly white student population, around 46% on last year’s state report card. Nearly 80% of its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 14.66% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $626,590

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $4.38 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Skelly Elementary or MacArthur Elementary.

Kerr Elementary

The school at 202 S. 117th E. Ave. was built in 1964 to accommodate the growing east Tulsa Wagon Wheel area. Named after Oklahoma’s long-time U.S. Sen. Robert S. Kerr, it was built to hold 840 students. 

Enrollment: 327 students filling 47% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, around 88% on last year’s state report card. Nearly all of its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 5.55% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $718,871

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $5.25 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Lewis & Clark Elementary or Cooper Elementary.

Key Elementary

The school at 5702 S. Irvington Ave. opened in 1961 and named after Francis Scott Key and was already over capacity the following year.  

Enrollment: 294 students filling 47% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, nearly 56% on last year’s state report card. All of its students were considered economically disadvantaged. It reported no students with a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $442,968

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $3.09 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Salk Elementary or Carnegie Elementary.

Marshall Elementary

The school at 1142 E. 56th St. opened in 1953 and is named after the early 20th-century U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall.

Enrollment: 259 students filling 43% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, around 63% on last year’s state report card. All of its students were considered economically disadvantaged. It reported no students with a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $396,587

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $4.07 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: McClure Elementary

Mitchell Elementary

The school at 733 N. 73rd E. Ave. was built in 1960 and named after World War I Gen. Billy Mitchell. Architects were Murray-Jones-Murray and built the school to be “noise resistant” due to its location near the airport. 

Enrollment: 340 students filling 51% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, nearly 86% on last year’s state report card. Nearly all of its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 6.18% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $914,483

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $1.82 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Hamilton Elementary or McKinley Elementary.

Peary Elementary

The school at 10818 E. 17th St. was built in 1968 and named after American Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary. 

Enrollment: 235 students filling 53% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, nearly 84% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 5.33% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $1 million

Estimated 2030 condition: Very poor, with $4.61 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Cooper Elementary or Disney Elementary.

Robertson Elementary

The school at 2721 W. 50th St. originally opened as Carbondale Elementary and was renamed Alice Robertson Elementary, after the first woman from Oklahoma elected to Congress. 

Enrollment: 245 students filling 48% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly white and Hispanic student population on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 23.46% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $423,423

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $3.72 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Clinton West Elementary.

Sequoyah Elementary

Built in 1926, the school at 724 N. Birmingham Ave was originally named Cleveland Junior High, after President Grover Cleveland. As part of Project Schoolhouse in 2012, the building transitioned from a middle school into an elementary school. It closed the old Cleveland Middle School and moved Sequoyah Elementary students into the building. 

Enrollment: 362 students filling 49% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, at 88% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 10.61% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $1.2 million

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $7.27 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Kendall-Whittier Elementary, Owen Elementary or Felicitas Mendez International’s new location. 

Springdale Elementary

The school at 2510 E. Pine St. was built in 1925 and named after the surrounding neighborhood. In 1950, it was the district’s largest elementary school with about 1,000 enrolled students. TPS at the time had 34,000 students.

Enrollment: 363 students filling 58% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, around 95% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 3.14% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $974,247

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $2.03 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Hawthorne Elementary, Celia Clinton Elementary or Felicitas Mendez International’s new location.

Unity Learning Academy

The school at 2137 N. Pittsburg Ave. was built in 1959 and originally named after President Andrew Jackson. It was renamed in May 2018 after controversy about the former U.S. president’s role as the architect of the Trail of Tears. 

Enrollment: 244 students filling 46% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, around 73% on last year’s state report card. All its students were considered economically disadvantaged. It reported no students with a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $719,939

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $3.46 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Celia Clinton Elementary or Hamilton Elementary.

Thoreau Demonstration Academy

The building at 7370 E. 71st St. was constructed in 1973 and named after essayist Henry David Thoreau, but closed about a decade later due to low enrollment. The district leased the property to a private Christian school for several years before selling it for $3 million in 1989 to Phillips Colleges Inc. TPS re-purchased the school in February 1997 for $2 million. It opened as a magnet middle school the following year after $1.25 million in renovations.

Enrollment: 336 students filling 50% building capacity

Demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, around 42% on last year’s state report card. Around 79% of students were considered economically disadvantaged. A reported 11% of students had a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $6.8 million, including $4,707,318.44 in interior renovations.

Estimated 2030 condition: Very poor, with $13.08 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Students would return to their home school or may apply for transfer to another magnet program. The district’s current plan would turn the building into a teacher development center.

Tulsa MET Middle and High Schools

The building at 6201 E. Virgin St. opened as Bryant Elementary in 1929 and was named after poet William Cullen Bryant. Originally, it was in the Dawson community but became part of Tulsa Public Schools after Tulsa annexed the community in 1949. It became an alternative school in 2011. 

Middle school demographics: The school reported a solely Hispanic student population on last year’s state report card. All students were considered economically disadvantaged. It reported no students with a disability.

High school demographics: The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, at nearly 89% on last year’s state report card. All students were considered economically disadvantaged. It reported no students with a disability.

2021 bond allocation: $118,579 (middle school), $397,794 (high school)

Estimated 2030 condition: Poor, with $4.01 million in total expected repairs.

Where students will go under the closure plan: Students would return to their home school or may apply for transfer to another program. 

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