BETHEL ES

BETHEL ES operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Shawnee, Oklahoma, run under BETHEL. Current enrollment sits at 556 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 52% larger than typical.

BETHEL runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,160 students. BETHEL ES is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BETHEL ES logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder reads as 18% multiracial, 7% Native American, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BETHEL ES has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 38% of students at BETHEL ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pottawatomie County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, BETHEL ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 46.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pottawatomie County indicate median household income runs about $61,398, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. BETHEL ES is one of 41 public schools in Pottawatomie County (combined enrollment of about 12,326 students).

BETHEL HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BETHEL ES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BETHEL ES has edged down 3%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 556 in 2025.

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