The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in Science. The lowest is 20% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Hobart Es
Hobart Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the town of Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa County in western Oklahoma. This is a small, rural public school that draws its enrollment from a community built around agriculture and the education and health services sectors. The school itself is the elementary arm of the Hobart Public Schools district, and the town’s local economy and institutions, such as the county courthouse and public library, form the backdrop for families who live here.
The student body is diverse in its composition. White students make up just over half of the enrollment, with significant shares of Hispanic students, students who identify as two or more races, and Black students, along with a small number of American Indian or Alaska Native students and Asian students. This mix gives the school a multiethnic character that is worth noting for any family considering the community. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as counts of students with Individualized Education Programs or English learner status, were not available in the records reviewed, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about these dimensions of student support.
On state assessments administered through the Oklahoma School Testing Program, the school’s results in math and English language arts across grades three, four, and five show that a modest share of students met the state’s proficiency benchmarks. In math, tested in grades three through five, proficiency rates for all students fell within a range that, when combined across subjects and grades, placed Hobart Elementary above the midpoint among the handful of districts in Kiowa County when measured by an overall proficiency index. The countywide context is important here: this is a small comparison set, and the school’s index sits between the low and high ends of that group. In English language arts, the pattern was similar, with a modest percentage of students reaching the proficient level in each grade. Fifth-grade science results showed a slightly higher proficiency rate than what was seen in the other subjects, though it remained within the same general range. The state changed its cut scores in both math and English language arts for this testing year, which means these results are not directly comparable to prior years’ performance. A parent looking for improvement trends would be working from a reset baseline and should treat any comparison to older data with caution.
The school’s size is relatively small, with an enrollment spread across pre-kindergarten through fifth grade that is consistent with a rural elementary school. There is no graduation rate to report because the school does not serve high school grades, and no chronic absenteeism data was available in the reviewed records. The district itself did not surface any recent major changes such as bond measures, curriculum overhauls, or facility projects in publicly available sources, so the operational picture appears stable without visible shifts.
Housing in the Hobart area is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks, with home values that are a fraction of what one would find in larger Oklahoma markets. The town has experienced long-term population decline over several decades, and the number of local businesses has also contracted. This context matters for a family weighing the area: the school is a central institution in a community that has seen its economic base narrow, but that also means a tight-knit setting where the school plays an outsized role in civic life.
For a family considering Hobart Elementary, the picture is one of a small, rural school in a county-seat town with an affordable housing market and a student body that reflects a mix of backgrounds. The academic results on state tests are modest, and with the recent change to cut scores, the trajectory is not yet clear. A parent may want to follow up with the school to understand how it supports students who are not yet meeting proficiency benchmarks, what programs are in place for the range of learners present, and what the school’s own goals are for improvement. This is a straightforward community school in a shrinking town, not a destination for specialized academics, but a familiar, locally anchored option for families who live in or near Hobart.
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