Enrollment
263
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZION·NCES 403360001853
Zion Public School
470658 E 850 Road, Stilwell, OK 74960 · (918) 696-7866 · Adair County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
23 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
176 students
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 45% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
32.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Zion Public School
Zion Public School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Public School this school | 263 | 66.9% | 29.8% |
| Woodall Public School Tahlequah | 373 | 68.6% | 32.9% |
| Central Elementary School Sallisaw | 329 | 65.0% | N/A |
| Darlington Public School El Reno | 241 | 68.0% | 48.0% |
| Webbers Falls Elementary School Webbers Falls | 186 | 73.7% | 30.0% |
| Frontier Elementary School Red Rock | 244 | 77.9% | 33.8% |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Zion Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Adair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #436 of 555 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #402 of 651 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #347 of 523 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #595 of 941 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #12 of 708 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #695 of 708 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #535 of 876 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #115 of 548 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
263
-47 (-15%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 265
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 263 | 22.8 | 11.5:1 | 67% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 24.3 | 11.0:1 | 64% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 23.3 | 12.3:1 | 68% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 73% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 26.6 | 12.9:1 | 99% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 81% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 81% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 75% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zion Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (344 to 263); teachers down 14% (26.6 to 22.8).
About Zion Public School
Zion Public School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Stilwell, Oklahoma. It serves 263 students in pre-K through 8. The average among elementary schools in Oklahoma is roughly 366 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
Federal records list ZION as the district for Zion Public School.
At Zion Public School, Native American students make up 85% of the student body. Smaller groups are 13% White. By the diversity index, Zion Public School comes in at 26%.
Zion Public School counts 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.5 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Oklahoma, the typical ratio is 15.6:1. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 77% for public schools in Adair County.
allk12 grades Zion Public School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Zion Public School is 2.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (29.8% versus 32.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oklahoma.
Adair County census figures show that median household income is about $48,041, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Zion Public School is among the 17 public schools in Adair County.
The nearest public school is Stilwell High School, at about 2.1 miles. Zion Public School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 12.5% proficiency; Zion Public School posts 29.8%.
Zion Public School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 310 in 2020-21 and 263 in 2024-25, a decrease of 47 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.5:1 to 11.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Adair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,575
Census ACS
Median income
$48,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,152 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stilwell
- Stilwell High SchoolHigh · 641 students
- Maryetta Public SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Stilwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Stilwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
- Rocky Mountain Public SchoolElementary · 193 students
- Dahlonegah Public SchoolElementary · 163 students
Nearby schools
- Stilwell High School2.1 mi · 641
- Stilwell Elementary School2.3 mi · 423
- Stilwell Middle School2.4 mi · 291
- Dahlonegah Public School3.0 mi · 163
- Maryetta Public School4.1 mi · 640
- Belfonte Bell Es (adair Cnty)5.1 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About Zion Public SchoolHow many students attend Zion Public School?
Zion Public School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Zion Public School serve?
Zion Public School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Zion Public School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Zion Public School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zion Public School?
At Zion Public School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Zion Public School in?
Zion Public School is part of ZION.
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