CHISHOLM ES

CHISHOLM ES, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Enid, Oklahoma, part of CHISHOLM, hosts 528 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so CHISHOLM ES sits 44% bigger than that benchmark.

CHISHOLM ES is one of 3 schools operated by CHISHOLM, a district that hosts 1,095 students overall.

On demographics, CHISHOLM ES records that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American. Compared to Garfield County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, CHISHOLM ES shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Garfield County's rate of about 72%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHISHOLM ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of +12.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Garfield County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,182 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Garfield County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,724 students), CHISHOLM ES is one campus in the mix.

MONROE ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHISHOLM ES at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 21.2%.

CHISHOLM ES operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHISHOLM ES has fell 7%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 83% to 71%.

On the community side, members of the CHISHOLM ES community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.