ROLAND ES

Set in Roland, Oklahoma, ROLAND ES is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, run under ROLAND. It works with 406 students across grades pre-K through 5.

ROLAND ES is one of 3 schools operated by ROLAND, a district that enrolls 931 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ROLAND ES records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 31% multiracial, 17% Native American, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ROLAND ES has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sequoyah County (around 75%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, ROLAND ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.6%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of +5.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Sequoyah County put the typical household earns roughly $51,093 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. ROLAND ES is one of 25 public schools in Sequoyah County (combined enrollment of about 7,452 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROLAND MS, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROLAND ES at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 32.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROLAND ES has fell 10%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 46%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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