WILL ROGERS ES

WILL ROGERS ES is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Burns Flat, Oklahoma, overseen by BURNS FLAT-DILL CITY, hosting 355 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 2 schools in BURNS FLAT-DILL CITY (487 students total), WILL ROGERS ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WILL ROGERS ES lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Washita County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WILL ROGERS ES has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washita County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILL ROGERS ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 21.4%.

In the surrounding community, Washita County reports that median household income runs about $63,501, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. WILL ROGERS ES is one of 9 public schools in Washita County (combined enrollment of about 1,806 students).

Nearest neighbor: BURNS FLAT-DILL CITY HS, around 0.9 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILL ROGERS ES ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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