Enrollment
388
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRINK-CHAMBERS·NCES 401224000576
Frink-Chambers Public School
485 Frink Rd, McAlester, OK 74501 · (918) 423-2434 · Pittsburg County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- A-Beats 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
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
235 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 56% larger than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
33.3%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 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 Frink-Chambers Public School
Frink-Chambers Public School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frink-Chambers Public School this school | 388 | 60.6% | 43.5% |
| Morris Elementary School Morris | 442 | 63.1% | 42.0% |
| Davis Elementary School Davis | 353 | 63.2% | 40.3% |
| Skiatook Elementary School Skiatook | 341 | 61.9% | 37.0% |
| George Washington Elementary School Durant | 500 | 60.6% | 42.4% |
| Central Elementary School Coweta | 398 | 56.5% | 28.5% |
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 Frink-Chambers Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Pittsburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #124 of 555 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #362 of 651 | #5 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #105 of 523 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #365 of 941 | #3 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #153 of 708 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #364 of 708 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #609 of 876 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #263 of 548 | #3 of 7 |
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
388
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 250
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 388 | 27.1 | 14.3:1 | 61% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 26.2 | 15.4:1 | 62% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 24.7 | 15.8:1 | 59% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 54% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 24.1 | 18.8:1 | 55% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 57% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 59% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 46% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 250 | 18 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frink-Chambers Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (453 to 388); teachers up 12% (24.1 to 27.1).
About Frink-Chambers Public School
Frink-Chambers Public School serves students in McAlester, Oklahoma, as a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 388 students enrolled.
FRINK-CHAMBERS is responsible for Frink-Chambers Public School.
At Frink-Chambers Public School, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups make up 34% Native American, 13% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 70% of Pittsburg County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school's 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. Income data for the school show 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pittsburg County is 73%.
Frink-Chambers Public School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Frink-Chambers Public School is 8.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oklahoma schools.
For the population of Pittsburg County, median household income comes to about $55,310, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pittsburg County's 36 public schools enroll about 7,341 students and include Frink-Chambers Public School.
About 3.2 miles separate Frink-Chambers Public School from the closest public school, Puterbaugh Upper Elementary. The five-mile area around Frink-Chambers Public School holds at least 8 other public schools. Frink-Chambers Public School ranks 1st of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.5% against a local average of 30.4%.
Frink-Chambers Public School has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.3:1 in 2020-21, and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pittsburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,561
Census ACS
Median income
$55,310
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,341 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McAlester
- McAlester High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Randy Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- Parker Intermediate CenterMiddle · 437 students
- Puterbaugh Upper ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Karla Brock Early Childhood AcademyElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Puterbaugh Upper Elementary3.2 mi · 378
- Will Rogers Elementary School3.2 mi · 535
- Karla Brock Early Childhood Academy4.6 mi · 229
- Savanna High School4.6 mi · 130
- Savanna Elementary School4.6 mi · 183
- Randy Hughes Middle School4.8 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Frink-Chambers Public SchoolHow large is Frink-Chambers Public School?
Frink-Chambers Public School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Frink-Chambers Public School serve?
Frink-Chambers Public School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Frink-Chambers Public School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Frink-Chambers Public School.
How diverse is Frink-Chambers Public School?
Frink-Chambers Public School reports a student body of 47% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Frink-Chambers Public School?
Frink-Chambers Public School is overseen by FRINK-CHAMBERS in Pittsburg County.
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