TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL

TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL operates as a very small elementary school in McAlester, Oklahoma, overseen by TANNEHILL. Current enrollment sits at 128 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% below the state mean of about 366.

Operationally, TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL answers to TANNEHILL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Native American, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Pittsburg County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pittsburg County) shows that median household earnings sit near $55,310, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Pittsburg County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,341 students), of which TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL is one.

Karla Brock Early Childhood Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.8%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TANNEHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL has fell 11%, going from 144 students in 2018 to 128 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 53% across the same window.

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