The top reported proficiency rate is 68% in Math. The lowest is 11% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Calumet Es
Calumet Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through eighth grade in the rural agricultural town of Calumet, Oklahoma. The school operates within the Calumet Public Schools district and sits in the northwestern corner of Canadian County, a county that has seen substantial growth in its more populous towns near Oklahoma City. Calumet itself has followed a different path, with a population that peaked decades ago and has declined steadily since, shaped by the realignment of historic Route 66 and the boom-and-bust cycle of nearby oil and gas fields. The town remains a small, stable agricultural community with a sparse commercial core.
The school is a single building that houses the elementary and junior high grades within the town center. Its enrollment is small, consistent with the town's size. The student body is predominantly white, with a noticeable share of students who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, a smaller share of Hispanic students, and a group of students who identify as two or more races. The school does not have the grade levels that produce a graduation rate, so that metric is not applicable here. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, nor were counts of students with disabilities or English learners.
State assessment results for the most recent testing year are limited by suppression rules that apply when small groups of students take a test, a common situation in a school this size. The suppression pattern means that for many grade levels and subjects, the state does not release a proficiency rate. The data that is visible paints a mixed picture. Mathematics results were reported for one grade level, where a majority of students tested at the proficient level or above. English language arts results were reported for one grade level, where a very small share of students met that bar. Science results were suppressed across all tested grades. A parent will want to speak directly with the school about how its youngest students are performing, since nearly all results for elementary grades are not publicly reported. Compared to other districts across Canadian County, the school's overall proficiency index, which averages the reported rates across subjects and grades, placed it in the top quartile of the county. That comparison comes with an important caveat: because many grade-level results are suppressed, the index is based on fewer data points than would be available for a larger school.
The school is not a charter school. The town's small size means that students live within a short distance of the school, and the building is integrated into the community rather than placed on a separate campus. Parents seeking a school with a wide variety of course options will want to note that the programs data was not available, and the grade band ends at eighth grade, meaning students move to a high school for ninth through twelfth grades. The district brief turned up no recent major changes to district operations or leadership that would alter a family's decision. Calumet Elementary offers a setting where the school is literally at the center of a small, slowly shrinking rural town, and where state test results are available for only a fraction of grades and subjects, making direct conversation with the school a necessary step for any parent trying to gauge academic performance.
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