INDIANOLA ES

As a small K-5 school in Indianola, Oklahoma, INDIANOLA ES serves 182 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under INDIANOLA. Enrollment runs roughly 50% smaller than the state mean of about 366.

INDIANOLA runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 273 students. INDIANOLA ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, INDIANOLA ES reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Native American, 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, INDIANOLA ES logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting INDIANOLA ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Pittsburg County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, INDIANOLA ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.3%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of +10.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pittsburg County shows median household income runs about $55,310, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Pittsburg County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,341 students), of which INDIANOLA ES is one.

Nearest neighbor: INDIANOLA HS, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INDIANOLA ES at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

INDIANOLA ES operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 22%: 149 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 59% across the same window.

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