General Thomas P Stafford Elementary

General Thomas P Stafford Elementary is a sizable K-5 school in Weatherford, Oklahoma, one of the schools within WEATHERFORD. The school instructs 558 students in grades 2 through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 52% bigger than the state mean of about 366.

General Thomas P Stafford Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by WEATHERFORD, a district that serves 2,404 students overall.

On demographics, General Thomas P Stafford Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school records 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Custer County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting General Thomas P Stafford Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), General Thomas P Stafford Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.8%; this one delivers 47.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Custer County) records that median household income runs about $59,738, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Custer County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students), of which General Thomas P Stafford Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Weatherford Early Childhood Center, around 0.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), General Thomas P Stafford Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at General Thomas P Stafford Elementary has expanded 66%, going from 337 students in 2018 to 558 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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