DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS

DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS is a tiny secondary school in Lamont, Oklahoma, part of DEER CREEK-LAMONT. The school caters to 40 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 91% smaller than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 2 schools in DEER CREEK-LAMONT (138 students total), DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS logs that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest comes out to 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Native American. By comparison, Grant County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Grant County) records that median household earnings sit near $60,758, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Grant County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 854 students), DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DEER CREEK-LAMONT ES, roughly 8.8 miles away.

DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. DEER CREEK-LAMONT HS's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 53 (now 40).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.