The reported proficiency rate for Math is 29%.
Original Research by School Decision on Deer Creek-lamont Es
Deer Creek-Lamont ES is a public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Grant County, Oklahoma. It sits in the town of Deer Creek, a very small rural community whose population has dwindled over the decades. The local economy has long relied on nearby wheat farms, and by a point in the past most businesses in town had closed, leaving the Clyde Cooperative as the only business generating tax revenue. Nearly three quarters of employed residents commute elsewhere to work. The town experienced a brief oil-and-gas boom in the early twentieth century, then a prolonged population decline; the 2020 census recorded just 78 residents. There is little commercial street life, and the built environment consists of remnants from the town’s railroad-era origins, including a historic general merchandise store on the National Register of Historic Places, plus churches and residences.
The school itself is small, which means many data points are suppressed for privacy. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with very small numbers of other racial and ethnic groups represented. Information on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as data on students with disabilities and English learners, was not available in the provided records.
State testing results from the Oklahoma School Testing Program are limited because the school’s enrollment is so small that most grade-level results are suppressed. For the one grade where math proficiency was reported, a modest share of students scored at the proficient level or above. Science results were not reported for any grade, and English language arts results were also suppressed for all but a few grades. Across the tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint relative to the other districts in Grant County, a set that includes three districts total. Because so many individual grade results are suppressed, a parent may want to ask the school directly for more detail on how specific grades are performing.
Deer Creek-Lamont ES serves only through eighth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. The school is neither a charter nor a magnet, and its Title I status was not specified in the data. No information about course offerings, extracurricular programs, or staffing was available.
The district that operates this school, Deer Creek-Lamont, is very small and rural, and publicly reported information about recent policy changes or fiscal developments was not found. The absence of such news likely reflects the limited public coverage that such a small district receives.
For a family considering this school, the context matters. Deer Creek is an isolated, depopulating town where most working adults drive elsewhere for jobs. The school is one of the few remaining civic anchors in the community. Its tiny enrollment means classes are very small, which can allow for close relationships between teachers and students. On the other hand, the small size also limits the range of academic offerings and makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions from state test results. Families who value a rural, tight-knit environment for elementary and middle grades and who are comfortable with limited data on performance may find this a natural fit. Those who want a wide array of course options or who prefer a school with more publicly available achievement data would want to look into other options.
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