MARK TWAIN ES

MARK TWAIN ES is an elementary campus of cozy scale in Duncan, Oklahoma, operated by DUNCAN, educateing 160 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 56% smaller than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, MARK TWAIN ES records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 5% Native American, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at MARK TWAIN ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Stephens County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Stephens County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. MARK TWAIN ES is one of 26 public schools in Stephens County (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students).

The closest other public school is DUNCAN HS, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around MARK TWAIN ES.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 188 students in 2018 compared to 160 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 48% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the MARK TWAIN ES community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.