OOLOGAH-TALALA UPPER ES

As a mid-sized primary school in Oologah, Oklahoma, OOLOGAH-TALALA UPPER ES teaches 501 students from grades 2 through 5, one of the schools within OOLOGAH-TALALA. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

OOLOGAH-TALALA comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,709 students; OOLOGAH-TALALA UPPER ES is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OOLOGAH-TALALA UPPER ES shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 21% multiracial, 15% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, OOLOGAH-TALALA UPPER ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.7%, the actual is 30.2%, a residual of -8.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Rogers County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,067 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Rogers County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,144 students), of which OOLOGAH-TALALA UPPER ES is one.

The closest other public school is OOLOGAH-TALALA LOWER ES, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OOLOGAH-TALALA UPPER ES at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 33%: 378 students in 2018 compared to 501 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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