NAVAJO ES

Set in Altus, Oklahoma, NAVAJO ES is a modestly sized elementary-level community, operated by NAVAJO. It caters to 280 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

NAVAJO ES is one of 3 schools operated by NAVAJO, a district that works with 473 students overall.

Demographically, NAVAJO ES shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, NAVAJO ES shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NAVAJO ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jackson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,799 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,536 students), NAVAJO ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NAVAJO JHS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NAVAJO ES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NAVAJO ES has edged down 6%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 280 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 66% across the same window.

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