WANETTE ES

WANETTE ES is a primary school of rural-scale scale in Wanette, Oklahoma, overseen by WANETTE, caters to 60 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 84% below typical.

WANETTE comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 80 students; WANETTE ES is among them.

On the student-mix side, WANETTE ES logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 15% multiracial, 10% Native American, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Pottawatomie County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 60.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at WANETTE ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pottawatomie County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Pottawatomie County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,398, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Pottawatomie County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,326 students), WANETTE ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WANETTE HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

WANETTE ES operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WANETTE ES has declined 45%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 60 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 9% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 60.0:1 today.

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