BENNETT ES

BENNETT ES is a modestly sized K-5 school in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, operated by BROKEN BOW. The school serves 269 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

BROKEN BOW runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,605 students. BENNETT ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BENNETT ES logs that the most-represented group is White (26%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% multiracial, 19% Native American, 16% Hispanic, 9% Pacific Islander. By comparison, McCurtain County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, McCurtain County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BENNETT ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 26.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for McCurtain County indicate median household earnings sit near $51,929, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across McCurtain County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,370 students), BENNETT ES is one campus in the mix.

DIERKS ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BENNETT ES comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BENNETT ES has fell 12%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 269 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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