Afton Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
School pathway
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Oklahoma's top 10%.
Schools most like Afton Elementary School
Afton Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afton Elementary School this school | 268 | 76.5% | 48.4% |
| Rattan Elementary School Rattan | 246 | 76.8% | N/A |
| Barnsdall Elementary School Barnsdall | 222 | 75.7% | 42.1% |
| Lane Public School Lane | 229 | 75.5% | 31.5% |
| Dewar Elementary School Dewar | 249 | 76.3% | N/A |
| Limestone Elementary School Sand Springs | 259 | 74.9% | 34.3% |
Where Afton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #73 of 555 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #80 of 651 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #174 of 523 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #582 of 941 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #15 of 708 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #483 of 708 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #352 of 876 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #62 of 548 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 268 | 23.1 | 11.6:1 | 76% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 84% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 21.4 | 14.2:1 | 76% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 76% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 24.7 | 15.3:1 | 100% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 85% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 85% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 66% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (379 to 268); teachers down 6% (24.7 to 23.1).
About Afton Elementary School
Afton Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Afton, Oklahoma. Enrollment is 268 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. Against the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 27% lower.
AFTON, which runs Afton Elementary School, has 2 schools and 407 students.
Roughly 51% of students at Afton Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 39% Native American, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 63% of Ottawa County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 23.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.6:1. That is 4.0 students per teacher below the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Afton Elementary School is 76%. For comparison, public schools in Ottawa County average 74%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 48.4%, is 19.0 points above the 29.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Oklahoma schools.
Ottawa County has about 30,341 residents, and the median household income is $49,947, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Afton Elementary School, Ottawa County has 20 other public schools.
The school nearest to Afton Elementary School is Afton High School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Afton Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has fallen by 40 students since 2020-21, to 268. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.6:1, from 12.8:1.
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