📍 1601 South Harmony Road, Cushing, Payne County, 74023
Cushing Lower Es is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cushing, Payne County. The school has 249 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cushing school district. It serves grades K–1 in a rural setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cushing Lower Es enrolls 249 students across grades K–1. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 14% Two or more races and 13% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 150 | 60% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 14% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 33 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 11% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
140 of the school's 249 students (56%) 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 Lower Es is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 Lower 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 249 students, Cushing Lower Es is smaller than the district average of about 336 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe