Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 255 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PONCA CITY·NCES 402469001290
E. M. Trout Elementary School
2109 East Prospect, Ponca City, OK 74604 · (580) 767-8070 · Kay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
209 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
E. M. Trout Elementary School→Ponca City West Middle School→Ponca City East Middle School→Ponca City High School
Based on grade levels within PONCA CITY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.7%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
55.6%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Oklahoma's top 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 E. M. Trout Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. M. Trout Elementary School this school | 267 | 78.3% | 45.8% |
| Central Elementary School Wynnewood | 274 | 77.7% | N/A |
| Hayes Elementary School Enid | 274 | 75.2% | 40.1% |
| Washington Pre Kg Center Ponca City | 215 | 80.0% | N/A |
| Emerson Elementary School Duncan | 336 | 77.7% | 42.0% |
| McLoud Early Childhood Center McLoud | 277 | 74.4% | N/A |
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 E. M. Trout Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Kay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #96 of 555 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #55 of 651 | #3 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #289 of 523 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #584 of 941 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #594 of 708 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #262 of 708 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #315 of 876 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #111 of 164 | N/A |
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
267
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 267 | 14.9 | 17.9:1 | 78% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 14.9 | 18.1:1 | 72% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 71% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 16 | 16.1:1 | 66% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 14.9 | 17.1:1 | 55% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 16 | 20.5:1 | 60% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 49% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 372 | 19 | 19.6:1 | 34% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 16 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E. M. Trout Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (255 to 267); teachers unchanged (14.9 to 14.9).
About E. M. Trout Elementary School
E. M. Trout Elementary School is a small elementary school in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The school had 267 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oklahoma) has about 366 students.
PONCA CITY, which runs E. M. Trout Elementary School, has 11 schools and 4,466 students.
E. M. Trout Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 50%. It is also 16% Hispanic, 15% Native American, and 15% multiracial. Kay County's residents are about 74% White, 24 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, E. M. Trout Elementary School comes in at 68%.
The school employs the equivalent of 14.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.9:1. Among elementary schools in Oklahoma, the typical ratio is 15.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 78%. Across public schools in Kay County, the average is about the same, 76%.
Measured against Oklahoma public elementary schools, E. M. Trout Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, E. M. Trout Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in Oklahoma. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.8%, against a prediction of 28.8%.
Kay County has about 43,625 residents, and median household income is about $58,423, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 22 public schools in Kay County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,295.
The nearest other public school, Woodlands Elementary School, is about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. E. M. Trout Elementary School is 2nd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, E. M. Trout Elementary School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 267, 4% above the 257 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 16.1 in 2020-21 to 17.9 in 2024-25.
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Kay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,625
Census ACS
Median income
$58,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,295 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PONCA CITY
- Ponca City High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Ponca City West Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Ponca City East Middle SchoolMiddle · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Woodlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 258 students
Other schools in Ponca City
- Ponca City High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Ponca City West Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Ponca City East Middle SchoolMiddle · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- McCord Public SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlands Elementary School1.3 mi · 258
- Washington Pre Kg Center1.6 mi · 215
- Union Elementary School1.6 mi · 272
- Ponca City High School2.0 mi · 1,498
- Roosevelt Elementary School2.3 mi · 252
- Liberty Elementary School2.4 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About E. M. Trout Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at E. M. Trout Elementary School?
E. M. Trout Elementary School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades KG-05.
Is E. M. Trout Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
E. M. Trout Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at E. M. Trout Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at E. M. Trout Elementary School is approximately 17.9:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at E. M. Trout Elementary School?
At E. M. Trout Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees E. M. Trout Elementary School?
E. M. Trout Elementary School is overseen by PONCA CITY in Kay County.
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