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OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES
OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES, a mid-tier elementary school in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, overseen by OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY (CHARTER), educates 480 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.
OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY (CHARTER) comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,400 students; OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES is among them.
Looking at the student body, OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 14% Black, 8% Native American. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Washington County's rate of about 61%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $60,162, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Washington County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,692 students), OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES.
OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES operates from a small-town location. OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACAD ES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 40%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 344.0:1 in 2018 to 30.0:1 in 2025.
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