HAYES ES

HAYES ES is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Ada, Oklahoma, run under ADA, with 414 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 2.

ADA comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,696 students; HAYES ES is among them.

Looking at the student body, HAYES ES shows that the most-represented group is multiracial (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 31% White, 20% Native American, 15% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 73% of students at HAYES ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pontotoc County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Pontotoc County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,017 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. HAYES ES is one of 23 public schools in Pontotoc County (combined enrollment of about 7,104 students).

WILLARD ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. HAYES ES's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 414). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 37% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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