The top reported proficiency rate is 36% in Science. The lowest is 19% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on North Park Es
North Park ES serves only fifth and sixth graders in the Guymon school district, a pair of transitional years between elementary and junior high. The school sits on the north side of Guymon, the county seat of Texas County in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Guymon itself is a regional commercial and industrial hub whose economy is built on cattle feedlots, pork processing, natural gas, and increasingly wind energy. Employment at the Seaboard pork plant and related agriculture has drawn a heavily Hispanic workforce, and the city has grown while many small Oklahoma towns have shrank. Housing in the area is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks, and the broader community offers a municipal lake, a golf course, and a rodeo that draws regional attention.
The school enrolls a student body that reflects that community. A large majority of students are Hispanic, with a White minority and small shares of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. Data on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education, and English learner status were not provided, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about those support structures. The school is not a charter, and its Title I status was not listed. No information on staffing ratios, discipline rates, or attendance patterns was available.
Academically, state testing results are available from the Oklahoma School Testing Program for the 2024-25 school year. In both fifth and sixth grades, the share of students scoring proficient or above in math was modest, with fifth graders posting a somewhat higher rate than sixth graders. In English language arts, about one in five students in each grade met the proficiency bar. Science results were reported only for fifth grade, where a larger share of students reached proficiency. These numbers place North Park in a difficult position: absolute proficiency rates are low, which a family considering the school would want to investigate further with the school about instructional support, interventions, and curriculum.
However, when compared to other districts within Texas County, the school’s overall proficiency index lands in the top quartile. That tells a more nuanced story. The county includes many small rural districts, and North Park’s outcomes, while low in isolation, are among the stronger ones in its local context. The state also changed its cut scores for both math and ELA in this test year, meaning the results are not directly comparable to prior years and may reflect a tougher standard.
Because North Park serves only grades 5 and 6, there is no graduation rate to evaluate, no high school course access data, and no chronic absenteeism metric. The district itself, Guymon Public Schools, did not surface any recent parent-relevant changes such as boundary shifts or facility projects in the publicly available material.
For a parent trying to understand this school, the picture is one of a mid-sized intermediate school in a growing, economically active, majority-Hispanic Panhandle town. Academic outcomes are low in absolute terms but comparatively strong within the county. The missing pieces—support services, teacher experience, disciplinary climate—are important unknowns that a family should pursue directly.
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