📍 4762 State Highway 199, Ardmore, Carter County, 73401
Dickson Upper Es is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ardmore, Carter County. The school has 306 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dickson school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Dickson Upper Es enrolls 306 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 18% Two or more races and 14% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 173 | 57% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 18% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 43 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
171 of the school's 306 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.
Dickson Upper 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-40, state senate district 14, state house district 49.
Dickson Upper Es is one of 4 schools in DICKSON, based in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The district serves 1,229 students district-wide and employs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 306 students, Dickson Upper Es is close to the district average of about 307 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant