COLLINS ES

COLLINS ES is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Bristow, Oklahoma, run under BRISTOW, works with 374 students in grades 3 through 5.

COLLINS ES is one of 4 schools operated by BRISTOW, a district that works with 1,685 students overall.

On the student-mix side, COLLINS ES records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 11% Native American, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, COLLINS ES shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 74% of students at COLLINS ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Creek County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COLLINS ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Creek County indicate median household income runs about $62,338, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Creek County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,952 students), of which COLLINS ES is one.

BRISTOW HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around COLLINS ES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLLINS ES at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 26.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 422 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025.

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