NORTHWOOD ES

NORTHWOOD ES is a modestly sized intermediate school in Seminole, Oklahoma, one of the schools within SEMINOLE. The school works with 289 students in grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so NORTHWOOD ES sits 26% below that benchmark.

SEMINOLE runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,401 students. NORTHWOOD ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, NORTHWOOD ES records that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 10% Native American, 5% Black. By comparison, Seminole County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NORTHWOOD ES has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 78% of students at NORTHWOOD ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, NORTHWOOD ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Seminole County shows median household earnings sit near $48,062, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. NORTHWOOD ES is one of 28 public schools in Seminole County (combined enrollment of about 4,571 students).

WILSON ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHWOOD ES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHWOOD ES at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 27.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 45% to 39% over that span.

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