HORACE MANN ES

Located at 2315 N Whisenant Drive, in Duncan, Oklahoma, HORACE MANN ES is a medium-sized elementary campus that instructs 327 students (grades K through 5), part of DUNCAN.

DUNCAN runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,278 students. HORACE MANN ES is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, HORACE MANN ES reports that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 6% Native American, 3% Asian. By comparison, Stephens County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, HORACE MANN ES lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 66% of students at HORACE MANN ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HORACE MANN ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.0%, the actual is 37.2%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Stephens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. HORACE MANN ES is one of 26 public schools in Stephens County (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students).

Nearest neighbor: DUNCAN HS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HORACE MANN ES comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

HORACE MANN ES operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. HORACE MANN ES's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 327). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 66% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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