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What tradition at ROLAND ES should never be changed?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROLAND·NCES 402631001384
ROLAND ES
300 Ranger Boulevard, Roland, OK 74954 · (918) 427-4601 · Sequoyah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
343 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within ROLAND. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
32.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
406
-45 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.8:1
% White
46%
was 51%
% Hispanic
4%
was 8%
% Black
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Sequoyah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,860
Census ACS
Median income
$51,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
7,452 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- ROLAND MS0.1 mi · 186
- ROLAND HS0.1 mi · 339
- LIBERTY PUBLIC SCHOOL4.2 mi · 349
- MOFFETT PUBLIC SCHOOL4.4 mi · 319
- MULDROW ES4.5 mi · 525
- MULDROW MS5.1 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About ROLAND ESWhat is the total enrollment at ROLAND ES?
ROLAND ES enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ROLAND ES serve?
ROLAND ES serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ROLAND ES have?
ROLAND ES employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at ROLAND ES?
Student demographics at ROLAND ES are roughly 46% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 31% Two or more.
Is ROLAND ES public or private?
ROLAND ES is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROLAND.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.