Enrollment
190
Elementary
DISTRICT 142 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAURIKA·NCES 403198001766
WAURIKA ES
600 Educational Avenue, Waurika, OK 73573 · (580) 228-3531 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
160 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 WAURIKA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
42.4%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Oklahoma's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
190
-46 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.8:1
% White
64%
was 69%
% Hispanic
18%
was 22%
% Black
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WAURIKA ES
As a cozy elementary campus in Waurika, Oklahoma, WAURIKA ES instructs 190 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of WAURIKA. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.
WAURIKA runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 425 students. WAURIKA ES is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, WAURIKA ES logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.
On the resource side, On paper, WAURIKA ES has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WAURIKA ES ranks in the top 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 26.7%; WAURIKA ES posts 39.9%, +13.2 points above that line.
Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $48,668, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 990 students), WAURIKA ES is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WAURIKA MS, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WAURIKA ES. On composite proficiency, WAURIKA ES comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Five-year trend. WAURIKA ES's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 236 (now 190). Over the same period, the White share declined from 69% to 64%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,380
Census ACS
Median income
$48,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
990 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAURIKA
- WAURIKA HSHigh · 144 students
- WAURIKA MSMiddle · 91 students
Nearby schools
- WAURIKA MS0.5 mi · 91
- WAURIKA HS0.5 mi · 144
- RYAN ES10.2 mi · 171
- RYAN HS10.2 mi · 80
- GRANDVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL12.9 mi · 72
- COMANCHE MS13.3 mi · 175
Frequently asked questions
About WAURIKA ESHow large is WAURIKA ES?
WAURIKA ES enrolls approximately 190 students in grades PK-05.
Is WAURIKA ES an elementary, middle, or high school?
WAURIKA ES is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WAURIKA ES have?
WAURIKA ES employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at WAURIKA ES?
Student demographics at WAURIKA ES are roughly 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is WAURIKA ES public or private?
WAURIKA ES is a public K-12 school, overseen by WAURIKA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.