WOODLANDS ES

Set in Ponca City, Oklahoma, WOODLANDS ES is an intimate elementary-level community, overseen by PONCA CITY. It serves 258 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so WOODLANDS ES sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Within PONCA CITY, which oversees 11 schools and 4,466 students, WOODLANDS ES is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WOODLANDS ES reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kay County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WOODLANDS ES has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting WOODLANDS ES higher than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Kay County's rate of about 76%.

With demographic context factored in, WOODLANDS ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.9%.

In the surrounding community, Kay County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,423, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Kay County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,295 students), WOODLANDS ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WASHINGTON PRE KG CENTER, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WOODLANDS ES. On composite proficiency, WOODLANDS ES comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 301 students in 2018 compared to 258 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 70% to 62%.

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