Enrollment
99
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PECKHAM·NCES 402370001257
Peckham Public School
7175 West School Street, Newkirk, OK 74647 · (580) 362-2633 · Kay County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL99 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
71 students
STATE 68%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 8% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
44.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Peckham Public School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peckham Public School this school | 99 | 71.7% | 42.0% |
| Mangum Early Childhood Center Mangum | 75 | 69.3% | N/A |
| Aline-Cleo Elementary School Cleo Springs | 83 | 69.9% | N/A |
| Mazie Elementary School Chouteau | 82 | 69.5% | N/A |
| Big Pasture Elementary School Randlett | 150 | 70.0% | 35.4% |
| Ward Elementary School Shidler | 88 | 75.0% | N/A |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Peckham Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Kay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 99 | #880 of 941 | #13 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
99
-5 (-5%) vs 2020
+87% since 1990-91, when it was 53
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 99 | 9.9 | 10.0:1 | 72% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 124 | 10.1 | 12.3:1 | 85% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 10.1 | 12.4:1 | 77% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 104 | 10 | 10.4:1 | 76% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 90 | 10.1 | 8.9:1 | 84% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 104 | 7 | 14.9:1 | 87% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 94 | 8 | 11.8:1 | 87% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 101 | 7 | 14.4:1 | 53% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 53 | 4 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peckham Public School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (90 to 99); teachers down 2% (10.1 to 9.9).
About Peckham Public School
Peckham Public School is a very small elementary school that serves part of Newkirk, Oklahoma. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 99 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 366 students for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
PECKHAM is responsible for Peckham Public School.
Of every 100 students at Peckham Public School, about 69 are White. It is also 12% Hispanic, 12% Native American, and 7% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
On staff are 9.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.0:1. Elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1, 5.6 more students per teacher than here. Peckham Public School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 72%.
Among Oklahoma public elementary schools, Peckham Public School outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Peckham Public School would be expected to post about 31.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%.
The county, Kay County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $58,423, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 22 public schools and about 7,295 students.
Newkirk Elementary School, about 6.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Peckham Public School is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Kay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,625
Census ACS
Median income
$58,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,295 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newkirk
- Newkirk Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Newkirk High SchoolHigh · 241 students
- Newkirk Middle SchoolMiddle · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Newkirk Elementary School6.3 mi · 317
- Newkirk Middle School6.3 mi · 185
- Newkirk High School6.4 mi · 241
- Blackwell Middle School8.7 mi · 227
- Blackwell High School8.8 mi · 353
- Kildare Public School8.9 mi · 109
Frequently asked questions
About Peckham Public SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Peckham Public School?
Peckham Public School enrolls approximately 99 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Peckham Public School serve?
Peckham Public School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Peckham Public School have?
Peckham Public School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peckham Public School?
At Peckham Public School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Peckham Public School?
Peckham Public School is overseen by PECKHAM in Kay County.
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