SHAWNEE EC CTR

SHAWNEE EC CTR operates as an average-sized K-5 school in Shawnee, Oklahoma, overseen by SHAWNEE. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades pre-K through 1.

SHAWNEE EC CTR is one of 7 schools operated by SHAWNEE, a district that enrolls 3,329 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SHAWNEE EC CTR records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 31% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 9% Native American, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pottawatomie County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pottawatomie County) shows that median household earnings sit near $61,398, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. SHAWNEE EC CTR is one of 41 public schools in Pottawatomie County (combined enrollment of about 12,326 students).

SHAWNEE HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SHAWNEE EC CTR.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHAWNEE EC CTR has ticked down 19%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 350 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 49% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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