RICHMOND ES

RICHMOND ES is a moderately sized K-5 school in Stillwater, Oklahoma, one of the schools within STILLWATER. The school enrolls 362 students in grades pre-K through 5.

RICHMOND ES is one of 9 schools operated by STILLWATER, a district that teaches 6,049 students overall.

On the student-mix side, RICHMOND ES reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Payne County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RICHMOND ES is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 63.2%, a residual of +20.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Payne County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,809, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Payne County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,609 students), RICHMOND ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is STILLWATER JHS, roughly 2.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around RICHMOND ES. On composite proficiency, RICHMOND ES comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICHMOND ES has ticked down 24%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 69% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for RICHMOND ES typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.