EMPIRE ES

EMPIRE ES is a K-5 school of small scale in Duncan, Oklahoma, one of the schools within EMPIRE, serveing 244 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 366.

EMPIRE runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 506 students. EMPIRE ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, EMPIRE ES logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, EMPIRE ES shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at EMPIRE ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stephens County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EMPIRE ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.1%.

In the surrounding community, Stephens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Stephens County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students), of which EMPIRE ES is one.

EMPIRE MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around EMPIRE ES. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMPIRE ES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 283 students in 2018 compared to 244 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 65% to 69% over that span.

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