Summary:
The 73435 zip code area is home to two small, rural schools - Fox Elementary School and Fox High School, both part of the Fox school district. These schools face challenges common to many small, high-poverty communities, including low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and declining rankings over time.
Both Fox Elementary and Fox High have relatively small enrollments of 119 and 43 students respectively, and receive low 2-star ratings from SchoolDigger, indicating they are underperforming compared to other Oklahoma schools. The schools serve a high-poverty student population, with over 90% of elementary students and 74% of high school students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. This likely contributes to the schools' struggles, as evidenced by lower-than-average proficiency rates on state assessments, especially in math and science, as well as a high school graduation rate of 82.2% that falls below the state average.
Despite the resource constraints that come with small enrollments, the schools maintain relatively small class sizes, with student-teacher ratios of 13.4 and 10.3. However, the data suggests these schools face ongoing challenges in improving student outcomes, with both experiencing declines in their statewide rankings over the past decade. Addressing the equity issues and resource needs of this high-poverty community will be crucial to helping the Fox schools better support their students and reverse this trend of declining performance.
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