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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at TONKAWA ES this year?
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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TONKAWA·NCES 403012001576
Tonkawa Elementary School
501 North Public, Tonkawa, OK 74653 · (580) 628-2592 · Kay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
292 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within TONKAWA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
33.9%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tonkawa Elementary School
Tonkawa Elementary School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonkawa Elementary School this school | 402 | 72.6% | 33.7% |
| Cross Timbers Elementary School Tecumseh | 409 | 71.6% | N/A |
| Caddo Elementary School Caddo | 365 | 74.2% | 29.0% |
| Emerson Elementary School Coalgate | 394 | 71.1% | N/A |
| Pratt Elementary School Sand Springs | 388 | 70.6% | 29.8% |
| Wilburton Elementary School Wilburton | 454 | 75.1% | 34.2% |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tonkawa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Kay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #344 of 555 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #352 of 651 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #319 of 523 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #337 of 941 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #158 of 708 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #353 of 708 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #418 of 876 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #407 of 548 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
402
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 402 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 73% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 28.3 | 14.7:1 | 75% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 30.1 | 15.3:1 | 67% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 64% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 23.9 | 18.1:1 | 68% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 68% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 70% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 22 | 17.8:1 | 65% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tonkawa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (433 to 402); teachers up 17% (23.9 to 28).
About Tonkawa Elementary School
Tonkawa Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, under TONKAWA. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 402 students.
The district, TONKAWA, operates 3 schools serving 791 students.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at Tonkawa Elementary School combined. It is also 22% Native American, 15% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. Kay County's residents are about 74% White, 22 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Tonkawa Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
A ratio of 14.4:1 comes from the school's 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 73% in 2024-25. That is close to the 76% average for public schools in Kay County.
allk12 grades Tonkawa Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Tonkawa Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oklahoma schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.7% and a predicted 30.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for Kay County show that median household income is about $58,423, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 22 public schools operate in Kay County, serving about 7,295 students.
The school nearest to Tonkawa Elementary School is Tonkawa High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Tonkawa Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 4 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Tonkawa Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Tonkawa Elementary School had 432 students in 2020-21 and 402 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.6:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.
Community posts for Tonkawa Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,625
Census ACS
Median income
$58,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,295 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TONKAWA
- Tonkawa High SchoolHigh · 195 students
- Tonkawa Middle SchoolMiddle · 194 students
Other schools in Tonkawa
- Tonkawa High SchoolHigh · 195 students
- Tonkawa Middle SchoolMiddle · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Tonkawa High School0.2 mi · 195
- Tonkawa Middle School0.2 mi · 194
- Blackwell High School7.4 mi · 353
- Blackwell Middle School7.7 mi · 227
- Blackwell Elementary School7.8 mi · 507
- Lincoln Elementary School11.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Tonkawa Elementary SchoolHow large is Tonkawa Elementary School?
Tonkawa Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tonkawa Elementary School serve?
Tonkawa Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tonkawa Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Tonkawa Elementary School.
How diverse is Tonkawa Elementary School?
Tonkawa Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Tonkawa Elementary School in?
Tonkawa Elementary School is part of TONKAWA.
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