CARRIER ES

CARRIER ES is an intimate K-5 school in Guymon, Oklahoma, operated by GUYMON. The school serves 158 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 366.

CARRIER ES is one of 8 schools operated by GUYMON, a district that teaches 3,111 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARRIER ES logs that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 9% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Texas County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 30.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting CARRIER ES higher than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Texas County put the typical household earns roughly $60,069 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. CARRIER ES is one of 22 public schools in Texas County (combined enrollment of about 4,543 students).

PRAIRIE ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CARRIER ES's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 161 (now 158). Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 81% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.