MARLOW ES

MARLOW ES is a sprawling K-5 school in Marlow, Oklahoma, operated by MARLOW. The school works with 702 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so MARLOW ES sits 92% larger than that benchmark.

MARLOW runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,355 students. MARLOW ES is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MARLOW ES lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MARLOW ES has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, MARLOW ES ranks in the top 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.2%; MARLOW ES posts 52.8%, +15.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Stephens County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Stephens County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students), MARLOW ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MARLOW HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MARLOW ES comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARLOW ES has decreased 5%, going from 737 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 7% to 11%.

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