Weatherford Early Childhood Center

As a minimally staffed elementary school in Weatherford, Oklahoma, Weatherford Early Childhood Center hosts 136 students from grade pre-K, operated by WEATHERFORD. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so Weatherford Early Childhood Center sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Within WEATHERFORD, which oversees 6 schools and 2,404 students, Weatherford Early Childhood Center is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Weatherford Early Childhood Center reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 22% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Black. By comparison, Custer County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Custer County shows median household earnings sit near $59,738, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Weatherford Early Childhood Center is one of 16 public schools in Custer County (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students).

General Thomas P Stafford Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Weatherford Early Childhood Center.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Weatherford Early Childhood Center community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.