The top reported proficiency rate is 7% in English language arts. The lowest is 5% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Gracemont Es
Gracemont Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a single building at the heart of a very small rural town. The school is the only public school in the Gracemont district, and because it stops at eighth grade, families with high-school-age children look elsewhere. The district does not operate its own high school, so there is no graduation rate to report.
The school is small. Its enrollment is spread fairly evenly across the grades, with class sizes that are small in every room. The student body is predominantly American Indian, with a substantial share of white students and a smaller number of Hispanic, black, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial students. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals was not available, nor were figures on students receiving special education services or English learner support. A family should ask the school directly about those supports.
State testing results are reported for grades three through eight, though many grade-level results are suppressed, likely because the tested group was too small to report without risking student identification. The results that are available are low. In fourth-grade math, a small share of students scored at the proficient level. In eighth-grade math, none of the tested students met the proficiency bar. In sixth-grade English language arts, again a small share reached proficiency. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages the results across all tested subjects and grades, places it in the bottom quartile among districts in Caddo County, well below the midpoint. Oklahoma changed its math cut scores for the 2024-25 test year, which makes direct comparisons with prior years unreliable. A parent reviewing these numbers will want to discuss academic support and intervention programs with the school.
No data on course access, staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, or discipline was available. Because the school does not serve high school grades, there are no Advanced Placement, dual-credit, or career pathway offerings to assess.
Gracemont itself is a compact, unassuming town in the valley of Sugar Creek. It has experienced steady population decline since its oil-boom peak decades ago, and the local economy now depends on the surrounding agricultural community. Housing values in the area are below the state and national medians, and the local market has seen a modest year-over-year decrease. The school sits within the town, close to homes and the few highway-front businesses, so school and community life are tightly woven together by proximity. The district brief turned up no recent changes of lasting impact to report.
Gracemont Elementary is a very small rural school serving a community that has been shrinking over the long term. Its academic proficiency numbers are low across the tested grades, and much of its test data is suppressed due to small group sizes, which limits what a family can learn from state reports alone. It offers no high school pathway in-district. For a family already rooted in this agricultural area or seeking an intimate pre-K-through-8 setting where everyone knows everyone, this school fits that scale. A parent weighing options will want a direct conversation with the school about how it supports students who are behind academically and what the next step looks like after eighth grade.
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