Elementary Schools in Strother

The Strother Elementary School is the sole elementary school located in the Strother district of Oklahoma. The school serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade and has faced challenges in academic performance in recent years.

Strother Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Oklahoma elementary schools, with a ranking of 458 out of 614 schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's performance on standardized tests is generally below the state average, with proficiency rates ranging from 4% to 27% in English Language Arts and 6% to 34% in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 26% in both subjects. However, the school's performance in Science is slightly better, with 37% of students proficient or better across all grades, compared to the state average of 30%.

The school faces other challenges as well, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19% in the 2024-2025 school year and a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 68.3% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,410. While the student-teacher ratio at the school is slightly lower than the state average, the school's overall performance and equity concerns suggest the need for further investigation and targeted interventions to improve educational outcomes for the students of Strother Elementary School.