BUFFALO VALLEY ES

Located at 4384 Southeast Highway 63, in Talihina, Oklahoma, BUFFALO VALLEY ES is a micro-enrollment elementary school that works with 134 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under BUFFALO VALLEY. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so BUFFALO VALLEY ES sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in BUFFALO VALLEY (203 students total), BUFFALO VALLEY ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BUFFALO VALLEY ES lists that the most-represented group is Native American (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 34% White, 26% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BUFFALO VALLEY ES has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, BUFFALO VALLEY ES sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 27.7%; actual is 7.9%, a gap of -19.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Latimer County put median household income runs about $41,405, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Latimer County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,403 students), of which BUFFALO VALLEY ES is one.

BUFFALO VALLEY HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 51%: 89 students in 2018 compared to 134 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 47% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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