📍 316 North Steele, Cushing, Payne County, 74023
Cushing Upper Es is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cushing, Payne County. The school has 365 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cushing school district. It serves grades 2–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cushing Upper Es enrolls 365 students across grades 2–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 14% Two or more races and 9.3% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 244 | 67% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 14% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 34 | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 7.7% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
188 of the school's 365 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cushing Upper Es is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-30, state senate district 21, state house district 33.
Cushing Upper Es is one of 5 schools in CUSHING, based in Cushing, Oklahoma. The district serves 1,681 students district-wide and employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 365 students, Cushing Upper Es is close to the district average of about 336 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant