HAYES ES

As a low-enrollment primary school in Enid, Oklahoma, HAYES ES educates 274 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by ENID. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so HAYES ES sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 15 schools in ENID (7,381 students total), HAYES ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HAYES ES logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Pacific Islander, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Garfield County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HAYES ES has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HAYES ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.8%; this one delivers 40.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Garfield County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,182 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. HAYES ES is one of 34 public schools in Garfield County (combined enrollment of about 10,724 students).

Nearest neighbor: TAFT ES, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HAYES ES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAYES ES at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAYES ES has fell 8%, going from 299 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 66% to 50% over that span.

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