ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL

ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized primary schools in Altus, Oklahoma, one of the schools within ALTUS, with 436 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 2.

ALTUS comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,593 students; ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL lists that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 32% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Jackson County's rate of about 64%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household income runs about $62,799, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Jackson County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,536 students), ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALTUS JHS, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL.

ALTUS PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 428 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 45% to 51%.

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