VALLIANT ES

VALLIANT ES is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Valliant, Oklahoma, run under VALLIANT, with 416 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

VALLIANT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 903 students; VALLIANT ES is among them.

On demographics, VALLIANT ES logs that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% multiracial, 17% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, McCurtain County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VALLIANT ES sits in the top 10% of Oklahoma schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.8%; actual is 44.9%, +13.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for McCurtain County shows median household earnings sit near $51,929, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McCurtain County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,370 students), of which VALLIANT ES is one.

Nearest neighbor: VALLIANT HS, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VALLIANT ES comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

VALLIANT ES operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. VALLIANT ES's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 416). The White share of enrollment declined from 56% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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