HIGHLAND PARK ES

HIGHLAND PARK ES is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Stillwater, Oklahoma, overseen by STILLWATER, teacheing 505 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 38% larger than typical.

STILLWATER runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,049 students. HIGHLAND PARK ES is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HIGHLAND PARK ES reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, HIGHLAND PARK ES logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting HIGHLAND PARK ES tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Payne County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HIGHLAND PARK ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of +2.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Payne County shows median household earnings sit near $49,809, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HIGHLAND PARK ES is one of 26 public schools in Payne County (combined enrollment of about 10,609 students).

The closest other public school is SKYLINE ES, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGHLAND PARK ES ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGHLAND PARK ES has edged down 18%, going from 613 students in 2018 to 505 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 63% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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