CENTRAL HIGH ES

CENTRAL HIGH ES operates as a tight-knit elementary school in Marlow, Oklahoma, operated by CENTRAL HIGH. Current enrollment sits at 198 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 366.

Within CENTRAL HIGH, which oversees 3 schools and 414 students, CENTRAL HIGH ES is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CENTRAL HIGH ES reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting CENTRAL HIGH ES tighter than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL HIGH ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Stephens County) records that median household income runs about $61,620, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Stephens County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students), of which CENTRAL HIGH ES is one.

CENTRAL HIGH MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL HIGH ES comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 226 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 83% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On this page, members of the CENTRAL HIGH ES community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.