TONKAWA ES

Located at 501 North Public, in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, TONKAWA ES is a medium-sized elementary campus that works with 402 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within TONKAWA.

Across the 3 schools in TONKAWA (791 students total), TONKAWA ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, TONKAWA ES shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 22% Native American, 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, TONKAWA ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Kay County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,423, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Kay County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,295 students), TONKAWA ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TONKAWA HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TONKAWA ES comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. TONKAWA ES's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 402). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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