SNYDER ES

SNYDER ES operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Snyder, Oklahoma, overseen by SNYDER. Current enrollment sits at 165 students spanning grades 4 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 388 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

SNYDER runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 445 students. SNYDER ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SNYDER ES logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Native American, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at school resources, SNYDER ES logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at SNYDER ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kiowa County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SNYDER ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kiowa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $44,962 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SNYDER ES is one of 10 public schools in Kiowa County (combined enrollment of about 1,428 students).

The closest other public school is SNYDER HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SNYDER ES has fell 13%, going from 189 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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