HENNESSEY UPPER ES

HENNESSEY UPPER ES, a small middle school in Hennessey, Oklahoma, run under HENNESSEY, teaches 227 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so HENNESSEY UPPER ES sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

Within HENNESSEY, which oversees 3 schools and 812 students, HENNESSEY UPPER ES is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HENNESSEY UPPER ES records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 41% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting HENNESSEY UPPER ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HENNESSEY UPPER ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.8%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kingfisher County indicate median household income runs about $71,975, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kingfisher County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,734 students), of which HENNESSEY UPPER ES is one.

Nearest neighbor: HENNESSEY LOWER ES, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HENNESSEY UPPER ES comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 59% to 51%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.