HOBART ES

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in Hobart, Oklahoma, HOBART ES instructs 300 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by HOBART.

HOBART ES is one of 3 schools operated by HOBART, a district that caters to 631 students overall.

Looking at the student body, HOBART ES shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, HOBART ES has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kiowa County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kiowa County shows the typical household earns roughly $44,962 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HOBART ES is one of 10 public schools in Kiowa County (combined enrollment of about 1,428 students).

Nearest neighbor: HOBART HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HOBART ES.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOBART ES has decreased 29%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 59% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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