Enrollment
172
Elementary
DISTRICT 128 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE·NCES 400741000296
CHEROKEE ES
700 S NEBRASKA, Cherokee, OK 73728 · (580) 596-3277 · Alfalfa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
92 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 68%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within CHEROKEE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.3%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
31.9%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
172
-52 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.4:1
% White
84%
was 78%
% Hispanic
10%
was 13%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CHEROKEE ES
CHEROKEE ES is a low-enrollment elementary school in Cherokee, Oklahoma, one of the schools within CHEROKEE. The school works with 172 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 53% leaner than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.
CHEROKEE comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 384 students; CHEROKEE ES is among them.
On the student-mix side, CHEROKEE ES lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Alfalfa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at CHEROKEE ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHEROKEE ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.9%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Alfalfa County) records that median household income runs about $64,615, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alfalfa County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 841 students), CHEROKEE ES is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CHEROKEE HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CHEROKEE ES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHEROKEE ES at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 37.5%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 224 students in 2018 compared to 172 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 78% to 84%.
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Alfalfa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,696
Census ACS
Median income
$64,615
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHEROKEE
- CHEROKEE HSHigh · 118 students
- CHEROKEE MSMiddle · 94 students
Other schools in Cherokee
- CHEROKEE HSHigh · 118 students
- CHEROKEE MSMiddle · 94 students
Nearby schools
- CHEROKEE HS0.2 mi · 118
- CHEROKEE MS0.2 mi · 94
- TIMBERLAKE ES11.0 mi · 212
- BURLINGTON ES11.2 mi · 94
- BURLINGTON HS11.2 mi · 40
- TIMBERLAKE HS14.6 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About CHEROKEE ESHow large is CHEROKEE ES?
CHEROKEE ES enrolls approximately 172 students in grades PK-05.
Is CHEROKEE ES an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHEROKEE ES is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CHEROKEE ES have?
CHEROKEE ES employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHEROKEE ES?
At CHEROKEE ES, the student body is approximately 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Is CHEROKEE ES public or private?
CHEROKEE ES is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHEROKEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.