NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES

NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Durant, Oklahoma, operated by DURANT, serves 514 students, covering grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 40% bigger than the state mean of about 366.

Within DURANT, which oversees 7 schools and 3,844 students, NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 15% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 39.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bryan County) records that median household income runs about $57,225, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Bryan County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,443 students), NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DURANT INTERMEDIATE ES, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHWEST HEIGHTS ES at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 514 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 52% to 44%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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