HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL

HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL, a close-knit primary school in Atoka, Oklahoma, one of the schools within HARMONY, caters to 246 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

HARMONY is the operating authority for HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 33% Native American, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Atoka County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.9%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of +7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Atoka County put the typical household earns roughly $54,785 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Atoka County (combined enrollment of about 2,304 students).

LANE PUBLIC SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 234 (now 246). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 2% to 7%.

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