SCHULTER ES

SCHULTER ES, a very small elementary campus in Schulter, Oklahoma, one of the schools within SCHULTER, hosts 145 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

Across the 2 schools in SCHULTER (220 students total), SCHULTER ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SCHULTER ES shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 34% Native American, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Okmulgee County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Okmulgee County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHULTER ES is in the bottom 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 22.3%; SCHULTER ES posts 0.0%, -22.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Okmulgee County put the typical household earns roughly $54,029 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Okmulgee County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,097 students), SCHULTER ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SCHULTER HS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around SCHULTER ES.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 19%: 122 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 56% to 60% over that span.

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