KONAWA ES

KONAWA ES operates as a cozy elementary campus in Konawa, Oklahoma, part of KONAWA. Current enrollment sits at 272 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 366.

KONAWA runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 536 students. KONAWA ES is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KONAWA ES logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Native American, 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Seminole County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Seminole County runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Seminole County indicate median household income runs about $48,062, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. In all, Seminole County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,571 students), of which KONAWA ES is one.

The closest other public school is Konowa Junior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. KONAWA ES's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 272). White enrollment moved from 50% to 44% across the same window.

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