Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTERS·NCES 403147001742
Walters Elementary School
418 South Broadway Street, Walters, OK 73572 · (580) 875-3144 · Cotton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- B+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
14.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
179 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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 | 34 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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 WALTERS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
50.3%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Walters Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walters Elementary School this school | 262 | 68.3% | 40.2% |
| Sand Springs Ec Center Sand Springs | 241 | 68.0% | N/A |
| Barnard Elementary School Tecumseh | 251 | 70.5% | N/A |
| Strother Elementary School Seminole | 263 | 69.6% | N/A |
| Achille Elementary School Achille | 222 | 67.6% | 31.1% |
| Oklahoma Union Elementary School South Coffeyville | 265 | 67.2% | 30.3% |
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 Walters Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #184 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #92 of 651 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #240 of 523 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #598 of 941 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #178 of 708 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #439 of 708 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #504 of 876 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #186 of 548 |
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
262
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 68% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 63% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 65% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 62% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | 64% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 66% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 58% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 49% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 18 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walters Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (323 to 262); teachers down 5% (19 to 18).
About Walters Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Walters Elementary School serves students in Walters, Oklahoma. In all, 262 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 28% below the average of about 366 students for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
Walters Elementary School reports to WALTERS, which has 3 schools and 588 students.
The share of White students at Walters Elementary School is 56%, a majority. It is also 24% multiracial, 10% Native American, and 8% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cotton County is roughly 78% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The school had 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The gap from the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is 1.1 students per teacher. The school reported 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Cotton County is similar, at 66%.
Among Oklahoma public elementary schools, Walters Elementary School outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Walters Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Oklahoma schools: 40.2% actual against 32.2% predicted.
In the wider Cotton County area, median household income comes to about $58,425, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cotton County counts 7 public schools with about 969 students.
Walters Elementary School's nearest public school is Walters High School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools.
Walters Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 268 to 262, a small change.
Walters Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cotton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,485
Census ACS
Median income
$58,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
969 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALTERS
- Walters High SchoolHigh · 197 students
- Walters Middle SchoolMiddle · 129 students
Other schools in Walters
- Walters High SchoolHigh · 197 students
- Walters Middle SchoolMiddle · 129 students
Other Walters Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Walters Elementary. Walters Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Walters ElementaryMARSHALL, MI · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Walters High School0.1 mi · 197
- Walters Middle School0.1 mi · 129
- Temple Elementary School7.3 mi · 126
- Temple High School7.4 mi · 38
- Geronimo Elementary School10.0 mi · 176
- Geronimo High School10.4 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About Walters Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Walters Elementary School?
Walters Elementary School enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Walters Elementary School serve?
Walters Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Walters Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Walters Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Walters Elementary School?
Student demographics at Walters Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 24% Two or more.
Who oversees Walters Elementary School?
Walters Elementary School is overseen by WALTERS in Cotton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.