CENTRAL ES

CENTRAL ES operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Idabel, Oklahoma, operated by IDABEL. Current enrollment sits at 347 students spanning grades 2 through 5.

IDABEL runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,277 students. CENTRAL ES is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CENTRAL ES records that 29% of students identify as multiracial, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 24% Black, 21% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Pacific Islander.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at CENTRAL ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McCurtain County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CENTRAL ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.6%, the actual is 28.5%, a residual of +3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (McCurtain County) records that median household income runs about $51,929, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McCurtain County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,370 students), of which CENTRAL ES is one.

The closest other public school is IDABEL MS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRAL ES ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 28% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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