SPENCE MEMORIAL ES

SPENCE MEMORIAL ES, a small primary school in Weleetka, Oklahoma, run under WELEETKA, teaches 230 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

WELEETKA comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 398 students; SPENCE MEMORIAL ES is among them.

In terms of who attends, SPENCE MEMORIAL ES records that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 30% multiracial, 27% Native American, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting SPENCE MEMORIAL ES tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Okfuskee County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SPENCE MEMORIAL ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.4%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of +8.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Okfuskee County put median household earnings sit near $48,363, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. SPENCE MEMORIAL ES is one of 12 public schools in Okfuskee County (combined enrollment of about 1,717 students).

The closest other public school is WELEETKA JHS, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

SPENCE MEMORIAL ES operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. SPENCE MEMORIAL ES's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 230). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 40% to 33%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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