Best Public Schools in Optima, OK

Summary:

The city of Optima, Oklahoma has only one public school, Optima Public School, which serves grades PK-6 and has a total enrollment of 50 students. The school is part of the Optima School District, which is ranked 427 out of 452 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Optima Public School has consistently struggled with low academic performance, with proficiency rates well below the state averages in all subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 10% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 26%, and just 3% were proficient in Mathematics, compared to the state's 26%. The school's performance has been declining over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 614 out of 846 elementary schools in 2010-2011 to 551 out of 614 in 2024-2025.

Additionally, Optima Public School faces other challenges, such as a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.0% in the 2024-2025 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school also serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. Despite these challenges, the school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $11,756, which is above the state average, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 15.7 to 1, which is slightly lower than the state average.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				OSTP English Language Arts I (2025)			OSTP Mathematics (2025)			OSTP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSTP English Language Arts I 5th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 6th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I All Grades	OSTP Mathematics 5th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 6th Grade	OSTP Mathematics All Grades	OSTP Science 5th Grade	OSTP Science All Grades	Total
Optima Public School	Public	PK, KG-6	107 E 5th	Optima	73945	Texas County	Optima	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(580) 338-6712	47	3	15.6	83.0%	7 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.7	551^st of 614 public elementary schools	10.3%					(n/a)	7.0	23.0	10.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	7.0	7.0	$13,863

Cities Near Optima

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hooker	3.01 mi	2	205^th
Tyrone	11.08 mi	2	84^th
Hardesty	14.79 mi	2
Guymon	15.2 mi	8	287^th
Turpin	16.89 mi	2	328^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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