ETHEL REED ES

Set in Holdenville, Oklahoma, ETHEL REED ES is a mid-sized K-5 school, operated by HOLDENVILLE. It instructs 340 students across grades pre-K through 3.

ETHEL REED ES is one of 3 schools operated by HOLDENVILLE, a district that enrolls 940 students overall.

Demographically, ETHEL REED ES lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hughes County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ETHEL REED ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hughes County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,581 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. ETHEL REED ES is one of 13 public schools in Hughes County (combined enrollment of about 2,068 students).

The closest other public school is HOLDENVILLE HS, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ETHEL REED ES. On composite proficiency, ETHEL REED ES comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 21.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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