Talihina Elementary School

Talihina Elementary School, located in Talihina, Oklahoma, is a small elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 220 students. Against the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 40% lower.

TALIHINA is the district for Talihina Elementary School. It has 3 schools and 455 students.

Native American students make up a majority at Talihina Elementary School, at 60%. The remaining students are 34% White and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school has about 10.3 students per teacher and 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 5.3 below the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 56%. The 70% average for public schools in Le Flore County is 14 points higher.

In the county around the school, Le Flore County, the median household income is $51,565, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 38 public schools in Le Flore County, enrolling about 8,938 students in all.

Talihina High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2.

Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.

Enrollment is down 18% from 2020-21, when Talihina Elementary School had 267 students, to 2024-25, when it had 220. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.8:1 to 10.3:1 over the same years.

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