The top reported proficiency rate is 20% in Science. The lowest is 11% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Foyil Es
Foyil Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in the small rural town of Foyil, Oklahoma. The school sits on historic Route 66 in Rogers County, roughly a ten-mile drive from Claremore, which is where families likely go for most shopping and services. Foyil itself is a very small town of less than one square mile, with limited commercial activity along the highway. The school system is a central institution in the community, and the elementary school shares the town footprint rather than sitting on a separated campus.
The student body, which is relatively small for a pre-K through sixth-grade school, is composed of a substantial share of students who identify as white, with a significant proportion identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, followed by smaller groups of students who identify as two or more races or as Hispanic. The racial and ethnic diversity is a plain characteristic of the school’s enrollment, and families considering the school should know this is the peer environment their child would experience.
On the 2024-25 Oklahoma State Testing Program assessments, proficiency rates among Foyil Elementary students were low in math, reading, and science relative to state expectations. In math, proficiency rates by grade level ran from roughly six percent to about nineteen percent. In English language arts, rates ranged from about three percent to roughly nineteen percent. In fifth-grade science, proficiency was about twenty percent. When compared with other districts in Rogers County, Foyil Elementary’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile. This is a weak academic attainment signal, and a parent may want to ask the school what steps it is taking to improve student performance. State testing data for prekindergarten through second grade is not applicable because those grades do not take the OSTP assessments.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, nor is there data on chronic absenteeism. Information on special education and English learner populations was not provided. The school does not appear to be a charter school, and its magnet and Title I statuses were not specified. No information about staff qualifications or course access was available.
The community itself has a small-town, residential character with a history tied to Route 66. Key local landmarks include Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park, a folk art site on the National Register of Historic Places, and the town has a noted tradition in eight-man football. The town’s population has fluctuated over many decades, and no major recent housing developments or growth initiatives were identified. The district did not report any recent changes such as referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts that would be relevant to parents.
For a family considering Foyil Elementary, the core takeaway is that this is a small rural school where state test results show most students are not meeting proficiency benchmarks. The school’s role as a community anchor is strong given the town’s size, but academically the data points to a need for attention. A parent should visit, talk with teachers and the principal, and understand what supports are in place before forming a judgment.
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