Summary:
ZIP code 74901 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Singleton Elementary School (PK–5), Arkoma Middle School (6–8) and Arkoma High School (9–12), with 346 students combined. The schools’ latest proficiency results vary considerably. Taken together, their unweighted averages were about 21% in both ELA and math—5 percentage points below the state in ELA and 4 points below in math.
Singleton stands out in the latest results, with 30% proficient in ELA and 32% in math, respectively 4 and 7 points above state rates. Arkoma High has the lowest reported math result: 8%, 17 points below state; its ELA result was 22%, 4 points below state. Arkoma Middle had the lowest ELA result at 10%, 16 points below state, but its sixth-grade math result was a bright spot: 34%, 8 points above the state rate for that grade. Arkoma High also reported a 100% graduation rate in 2024–2025, compared with 78% statewide.
Results shifted in different directions: Singleton’s ELA rose 8 points to 30%, while its math fell 3 points to 32%; Arkoma Middle’s math climbed 13 points to 23%, while its ELA stayed at 10%. Arkoma High’s results fell in all four reported subjects, including ELA from 32% to 22% and math from 14% to 8%. Its SchoolDigger ranking also moved from 199th of 463 schools (57th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 to 340th of 462 (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026. Student-teacher ratios were 16.1 at Singleton, 15.8 at the Middle and 13.3 at the High. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 85%, 77% and 74%, respectively; these figures are context, not an explanation for test results. Because the schools serve different grades, their all-grades results are not strict like-for-like comparisons.
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