OKARCHE ES

Located at 221 N 4TH, in Okarche, Oklahoma, OKARCHE ES is a tight-knit primary school that enrolls 235 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by OKARCHE. That puts it 36% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

OKARCHE comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 450 students; OKARCHE ES is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OKARCHE ES records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, OKARCHE ES records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kingfisher County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, OKARCHE ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 36.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kingfisher County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,975, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. OKARCHE ES is one of 18 public schools in Kingfisher County (combined enrollment of about 3,734 students).

The closest other public school is OKARCHE JHS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OKARCHE ES comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

OKARCHE ES operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. OKARCHE ES's enrollment has edged up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 193 (now 235). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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