Griffith Meridian Elementary

Griffith Meridian Elementary operates as a heavily attended K-5 school in Choctaw, Oklahoma, operated by CHOCTAW-NICOMA PARK. Current enrollment sits at 989 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 170% larger than typical.

Griffith Meridian Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by CHOCTAW-NICOMA PARK, a district that caters to 5,828 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Griffith Meridian Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Griffith Meridian Elementary logs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at Griffith Meridian Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Griffith Meridian Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the broader community, Oklahoma County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Griffith Meridian Elementary is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

The closest other public school is CHOCTAW HS, roughly 2.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Griffith Meridian Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

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