OKTAHA ES

OKTAHA ES is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Oktaha, Oklahoma, part of OKTAHA, with 431 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

OKTAHA comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 646 students; OKTAHA ES is among them.

In terms of who attends, OKTAHA ES records that the most-represented group is Native American (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 33% White, 17% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 83% of students at OKTAHA ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Muskogee County's rate of about 73%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OKTAHA ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.1%, the actual is 29.4%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Muskogee County indicate median household income runs about $53,619, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Muskogee County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,911 students), OKTAHA ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OKTAHA HS, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OKTAHA ES at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 37.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 39% to 33%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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