ELGIN ES

ELGIN ES, an expansive elementary-level community in Elgin, Oklahoma, overseen by ELGIN, serves 946 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 158% bigger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

Within ELGIN, which oversees 3 schools and 2,534 students, ELGIN ES is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ELGIN ES lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Native American, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, ELGIN ES shows 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting ELGIN ES higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at ELGIN ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Comanche County (around 67%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, ELGIN ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

Around the school, census data for Comanche County shows median household income runs about $60,761, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Comanche County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,786 students), of which ELGIN ES is one.

Nearest neighbor: ELGIN MS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around ELGIN ES. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELGIN ES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 953 students in 2018 compared to 946 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 57%.

On the community side, members of the ELGIN ES community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.