LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL

Set in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment K-5 school, part of LOWREY. It educates 100 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL sits 73% smaller than that benchmark.

LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL is a school of LOWREY, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL logs that Native American students make up the majority at 55%; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Cherokee County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.1%; LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL posts 5.4%, -19.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Cherokee County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,218 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Cherokee County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,401 students), LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OAKS-MISSION HS, roughly 6.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOWREY PUBLIC SCHOOL at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 27.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 32%: 148 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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