BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY)

BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY) operates as a tiny primary school in Stilwell, Oklahoma, part of BELFONTE. Current enrollment sits at 57 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 84% smaller than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

Across the 2 schools in BELFONTE (135 students total), BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY) reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (82%); the rest reads as 12% multiracial, 4% White.

On the resource side, BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY) lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Adair County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY) sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 21.3%; actual is 0.0%, a gap of -21.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Adair County indicate median household income runs about $48,041, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Adair County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,152 students), of which BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY) is one.

ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. BELFONTE BELL ES (ADAIR CNTY)'s enrollment has decreased 37% since 2018, when it stood at 90 (now 57). Class-load math has rose: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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