Summary:
Zip code 74450 has one elementary school, Oktaha Elementary School, serving 431 students from pre-K through grade 8, so its results represent the area rather than a comparison among local schools. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 17% in English language arts versus 26% statewide, 26% in math versus 25%, and 29% in science versus 30%. The most important finding is that these overall results hide sharp differences from grade to grade, particularly in math.
There is no separate local school at the top or bottom; the clearest contrasts are within Oktaha Elementary School. Math is a standout in grades 7 and 8, where proficiency was 35% versus 26% statewide in grade 7 and 32% versus 17% in grade 8. But grade 6 math was 10%, 16 points below the state’s 26%. English language arts also varies: grade 6 was 30% versus 25% statewide, while grade 7 was 9% versus 23%. These grade-level results show why the small all-grades math advantage does not mean the school is ahead in every grade.
Across 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, the average gap between Oktaha Elementary School and the state remained 3 points below: ELA rose from 16% to 17% while the state stayed at 26%; math moved from 27% to 26% as the state moved from 26% to 25%; and science shifted from 30% to 29% while the state stayed at 30%. SchoolDigger reports a ranking decline from the 38th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 35th in 2025–2026, still above its 30th-percentile result in 2020–2021. As context, the school’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 15.3:1, and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 3% in 2025–2026, compared with 16% statewide and 2% in the Oktaha district.
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