WILL ROGERS ES

Located at 1211 North Washington, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, WILL ROGERS ES is a mid-tier K-5 school that enrolls 511 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under STILLWATER. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

STILLWATER runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,049 students. WILL ROGERS ES is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILL ROGERS ES reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, 7% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at WILL ROGERS ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Payne County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WILL ROGERS ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.6%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Payne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $49,809 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Payne County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,609 students), WILL ROGERS ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STILLWATER HS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILL ROGERS ES. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILL ROGERS ES ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILL ROGERS ES has edged down 19%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 18% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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