ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL

ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Stilwell, Oklahoma, part of ZION, with 263 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 366.

ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL is a school of ZION, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL lists that 85% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 13% White.

In terms of school funding signals, ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Adair County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 29.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Adair County shows median household earnings sit near $48,041, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Adair County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,152 students), of which ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL is one.

STILWELL HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 12.5%.

ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ZION PUBLIC SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 263). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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