CARNEY ES

CARNEY ES is one of the micro-enrollment primary schools in Carney, Oklahoma, operated by CARNEY, with 142 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

Across the 2 schools in CARNEY (212 students total), CARNEY ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CARNEY ES shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest consists of 15% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lincoln County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, CARNEY ES logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting CARNEY ES tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Lincoln County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, CARNEY ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.7%, the actual is 29.7%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $62,216 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Lincoln County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,177 students), of which CARNEY ES is one.

CARNEY HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, CARNEY ES comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 183 students in 2018 compared to 142 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for CARNEY ES typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.