Navajo, OK - District Data

Original Research by School Decision on Navajo

Navajo Public Schools serves roughly 450 students across three buildings—an elementary, a junior high, and a high school—in a rural pocket of Jackson County, Oklahoma. The district covers pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade within a single small community. Most of the district’s enrollment is white, with a significant Hispanic population and a smaller group of students who identify as two or more races; Asian, Black, and Native American students make up the remainder.

Housing across the district’s attendance zone ranges from modestly priced to more affordable, with values that have softened recently. The rental market is centered in Altus, the county’s commercial hub. Home values here sit well below the state median and the national figure, making this a lower-cost area relative to much of Oklahoma.

On state assessments, the data is mixed and somewhat incomplete. For math, proficiency rates were suppressed for grades three through seven, meaning a parent will not see a clear picture for most elementary and middle school years. In eighth grade, where the result was reported, about one in three students scored at the proficient level or above. For English language arts, reported results showed roughly half of fifth and sixth graders meeting the bar, but that figure dropped to about one in five for seventh graders and about one in eight for eighth graders. In science, the only fully reported result came from fifth grade, where just over a third of students were proficient. The score gap between the lower middle grades and the upper middle grades is wide enough that a parent may want to ask the district directly about curriculum and intervention approaches as students move through the system.

Despite these mixed results, the district’s overall proficiency index, which averages performance across tested subjects and grades, places it in the top quartile among Jackson County’s four reporting districts. This means that while the raw numbers show room for growth, Navajo is performing above the typical level of its county neighbors on the state’s current tests.

Chronic absenteeism, a measure that tracks students missing a significant share of school days, was reported at a rate that also placed the district in the top quartile among county peers—meaning fewer students are chronically absent here than in most other Jackson County districts. This is a positive signal for attendance and engagement at Navajo.

Per-pupil spending falls in the middle range among the county’s districts, and on the lower side of that middle. The district is not unusually well-funded relative to its neighbors, but spending is not the lowest in the county either.

The district’s high school graduation rate data was not available in this dataset, which means a parent evaluating the high school’s completion rates will need to seek that figure directly from the district or the Oklahoma Department of Education.

The district brief turned up no major recent changes to report—no bond issues, boundary shifts, or leadership transitions surfaced in the research. For a small rural district, stability itself can be a feature, but it also means little public information about any strategic direction or new initiatives.

The elementary, junior high, and high school buildings serve distinct grade bands under the district umbrella, but no school-level testing or program data was broken out in the source material. A parent considering this district will likely want to visit the three campuses and ask how the schools address the notable drop in reading proficiency between sixth and seventh grade and how they support students who arrive below grade level. The attendance picture is encouraging, and the district holds an edge over its county counterparts in overall academic performance, though the margins are modest and the absolute numbers suggest the typical student is not yet meeting state benchmarks by a wide margin. For families looking for a small, rural school system with stable attendance and housing that is inexpensive even by Oklahoma standards, Navajo is worth a close look, with the caveat that the academic outcomes warrant a direct conversation with district leadership.

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District Context

Officially reported figures, 2024-25.

Enrollment

450

Grades

PK–12

Schools

Student body

Hispanic 16%

Black 2%

White 69%

Asian 0%

Two+ 11%

Am. Indian / AK Native 1%

Hawaiian / Pac. Isl. 0%

Schools in this District

3 schools are officially reported under this district.

NAVAJO ES

NAVAJO HS

NAVAJO JHS

Academic Performance

Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.

Mathematics

1 grade reported

32%

Grade 8

English Language Arts

4 grades reported

45%

Grade 5

49%

Grade 6

21%

Grade 7

13%

Grade 8

Science

1 grade reported

38%

Grade 5

Housing & Real Estate

Data as of April 2026 | District-weighted from constituent ZIP codes

Home Values

Typical home value$122,229

Year-over-year change-4.5%

Range across 3 ZIP codes$61K to $154K

vs. state typical0.55x

vs. national typical0.33x

Home value trend (12 months)

ZIP code home values (3 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Value	YoY	Weight
73521	Altus	$107K	-5.4%	39.0%
73526		$154K	-1.4%	28.3%
73554	Mangum	$61K	-15.2%	5.0%

Rental Market

Typical monthly rent$810/mo

ZIP code rents (1 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Rent/mo	YoY	Weight
73521	Altus	$810	—	39.0%

Affordability

Est. monthly mortgage (20% down at 6.48%)$617/mo

Home price / national median income1.5x

Annual rent / national median income11.6%

Rent exceeds est. mortgage by$193/mo

Comparison

State typical home value$221,765 (+2.2% YoY)

National typical home value$368,198 (+0.6% YoY)

State ZHVI trend (12 months)

National ZHVI trend (12 months)

Economic Context

30-year fixed mortgage rate6.48%

National unemployment rate4.3%

National median household income$83,730

CPI: Rent of shelter (index)447.05

30-year fixed mortgage rate (12 months)

National unemployment rate (12 months)

National median household income (12 months)

CPI: Rent of shelter (index) (12 months)

Sources: Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index (Zillow Group), Realtor.com via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

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Civil Rights Data (CRDC)

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