📍 108 West Fifth Street, Broken Bow, McCurtain County, 74728
Bennett Es is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Broken Bow, McCurtain County. The school has 285 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Broken Bow school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bennett Es enrolls 285 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% American Indian or Alaska Native, 28% White and 11% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 118 | 41% |
| White | 80 | 28% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 31 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 9.5% |
| Black or African American | 25 | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
231 of the school's 285 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bennett Es is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-20, state senate district 5, state house district 1.
Bennett Es is one of 4 schools in BROKEN BOW, based in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. The district serves 1,605 students district-wide and employs 92 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 285 students, Bennett Es is smaller than the district average of about 401 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant