The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in Math. The lowest is 23% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Colcord Es
Colcord Es serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade and is the only elementary and middle school building in the Colcord Public Schools district. The school sits in a small, predominantly rural town in southern Delaware County, Oklahoma, where the surrounding economy is built around farming, cattle, poultry, and dairy operations. The town itself has a compact center along Main Street with a grocery store, a couple of restaurants, a convenience store, and the Talbot Library and Museum. The community hosts an annual Old Settlers Day parade each June, and civic life orbits the Dan D. Draper Community Center, a public swimming pool, and a town park. The population has declined in recent decades, and no major new housing developments are mentioned in available sources, suggesting a stable or gently contracting local enrollment base.
The student body is diverse in ways that reflect the area’s heritage. In the available enrollment data, families identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native represent the largest single group, followed by white students and then students who identify with two or more races. There are smaller shares of Asian, Hispanic, and Black students. The proportion of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not reported, which is a gap a parent may want to clarify directly with the school, as it is a common indicator of the level of economic need the school supports.
State testing results from the 2024-25 school year show a mixed picture across grades and subjects. In math, the share of students scoring at proficient or above varied widely by grade, with the strongest result in third grade and a steep drop by fifth grade, where only a small share reached proficiency. In English language arts, the pattern was similar, with third graders performing stronger and fifth and eighth graders showing much lower proficiency rates. Science results for fifth and eighth grades were suppressed in the data, so no conclusion can be drawn on that subject. Because Oklahoma changed its cut scores for the math and English assessments in the 2024-25 school year, these results cannot be compared to prior years, making it impossible to tell from this data alone whether performance is improving or declining. When placed among districts in Delaware County, Colcord Es’s combined proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades lands in the top quartile, meaning that relative to its county peers it performs at a higher level, though the absolute rates themselves are low in several grade-level subjects. A parent will want to look into the fifth-grade results in particular with the school, as the gap between that grade and others is sharp.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. No data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or course access was available, which leaves several dimensions of the school environment uncharacterized. No recent district-level changes, such as referendums or curriculum shifts, were found in publicly reported sources.
For a family considering Colcord Es, the school offers a pre-K-through-eighth-grade pathway in a single building within a small, rural community. The academic picture is uneven, with stronger early elementary results and a noticeable drop in the middle grades, especially in fifth. The student population is notable for the large American Indian and multiracial representation, which may be a meaningful fit for families seeking a setting that reflects that demographic. The absence of data on economic need, special education, and English learner services means a parent should ask the school directly about how it supports students who need extra academic or behavioral help. The housing market in the surrounding zip code is relatively affordable compared to national benchmarks, and the town’s rural character means few commercial amenities within walking distance.
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