ALTUS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

ALTUS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Altus, Oklahoma, one of the schools within ALTUS, educateing 372 students in grades pre-K through K.

Across the 7 schools in ALTUS (3,593 students total), ALTUS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ALTUS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 84% of students at ALTUS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household income runs about $62,799, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,536 students), of which ALTUS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALTUS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 432 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 46% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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