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Which teacher or staff member at CHISHOLM ES deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHISHOLM·NCES 402178001089
Chisholm Elementary School
300 Redwood, Enid, OK 73701 · (580) 237-5645 · Garfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
219 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 CHISHOLM. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
52.1%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
Schools most like Chisholm Elementary School
Chisholm Elementary School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm Elementary School this school | 528 | 41.5% | 53.5% |
| Blanchard Elementary School Blanchard | 543 | 42.0% | N/A |
| Blanchard Intermediate Elementary School Blanchard | 460 | 42.0% | 51.5% |
| Bethel Elementary School Shawnee | 556 | 38.5% | 46.1% |
| Bridge Creek Early Childhood Blanchard | 492 | 43.9% | N/A |
| Bridge Creek Intermediate Elementary School Blanchard | 420 | 44.8% | 38.0% |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chisholm Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #33 of 555 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #83 of 651 | #3 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #37 of 523 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #158 of 941 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #374 of 708 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #636 of 708 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #801 of 876 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #402 of 548 | #13 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
528
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 41% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 37% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 32% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 28% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 34% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 38% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 28% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 32 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chisholm Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (570 to 528); teachers down 3% (34 to 33).
About Chisholm Elementary School
The public elementary school Chisholm Elementary School is located in Enid, Oklahoma. Its 528 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 366 students.
CHISHOLM oversees Chisholm Elementary School and 2 other schools, with 1,095 students in total.
A majority of students at Chisholm Elementary School, 71%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Native American. That is close to the 73% White share among all Garfield County residents. By the diversity index, Chisholm Elementary School comes in at 47%.
Federal staffing data show 33 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chisholm Elementary School and a ratio of 16.0:1. Elementary schools in Oklahoma average about 15.6:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 41% of students. The rate at public schools in Garfield County averages 72%, higher than here.
Schools in Oklahoma with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.4%. Chisholm Elementary School scores 53.5%.
Garfield County has about 62,146 residents, and median household income is about $66,182, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Garfield County number 34 and enroll about 10,724.
Monroe Elementary School is the public school closest to Chisholm Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. Chisholm Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.2% on proficiency, and Chisholm Elementary School is above that at 53.5%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
The number of students declined from 544 to 528 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 17.6 in 2020-21 to 16.0 in 2024-25.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
10,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHISHOLM
- Chisholm High SchoolHigh · 320 students
- Chisholm Middle SchoolMiddle · 247 students
Other schools in Enid
- Enid High SchoolHigh · 2,157 students
- Dewitt Waller Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Coolidge Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Other Chisholm Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Chisholm Elementary. Chisholm Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Chisholm Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 854 students
- Chisholm Elementary SchoolMontgomery, AL · 493 students
- CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL · 479 students
- CHISHOLM ELEMENTARYCHISHOLM, MN · 142 students
Nearby schools
- Monroe Elementary School1.5 mi · 296
- Coolidge Elementary School2.3 mi · 419
- Garfield Elementary School2.5 mi · 571
- Emerson Middle School2.7 mi · 353
- Longfellow Middle School2.8 mi · 519
- Adams Elementary School3.0 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Chisholm Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chisholm Elementary School?
Chisholm Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chisholm Elementary School serve?
Chisholm Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Chisholm Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Chisholm Elementary School.
How diverse is Chisholm Elementary School?
Chisholm Elementary School reports a student body of 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Chisholm Elementary School public or private?
Chisholm Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHISHOLM.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.