RIVERS ES

Set in Altus, Oklahoma, RIVERS ES is a medium-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within ALTUS. It educates 352 students across grades pre-K through 4.

ALTUS runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,593 students. RIVERS ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, RIVERS ES records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, RIVERS ES shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 35% of students at RIVERS ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIVERS ES ranks in the top 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.7%; RIVERS ES posts 67.0%, +23.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $62,799, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RIVERS ES is one of 16 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 4,536 students).

ALTUS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIVERS ES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 64% to 54%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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