The top reported proficiency rate is 18% in Science. The lowest is 9% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Maud Es
Maud ES is a small public elementary and middle school in the rural town of Maud, Oklahoma, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The town itself has a long history rooted in agriculture and a brief oil boom in the 1920s, but today it is a quiet, residential community that has experienced a long-term population decline from its peak. The district is classified as rural, and the school appears integrated into the town’s compact layout near Main Street.
Enrollment at Maud ES is small, with classes across the grades that each hold roughly a couple dozen students. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial share of American Indian or Alaska Native students and a smaller Hispanic presence. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals was not available, and information on students with disabilities and English learners was also missing, so family context around economic and support needs is not fully visible from the data.
The academic picture from state testing is one a parent will want to examine carefully. Proficiency rates across tested grades and subjects in math, English language arts, and science were low overall. In math, the reported rates for grades four, five, and six each showed a small proportion of students meeting the state’s proficiency bar. In English language arts, the pattern was similar, with very few students scoring proficient in grades three, four, five, and eight. Science results were somewhat higher for fifth graders but still limited, and the eighth-grade science rate was also low. Results for third-grade math and seventh-grade testing were suppressed, which often happens with very small tested populations. Compared to other districts in Pottawatomie County, Maud ES’s overall proficiency index placed it in the bottom quartile. Because the school serves only pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report.
No data on course access, staffing ratios, or chronic absenteeism was available in the provided information, and there was no information on the school offering advanced coursework or special programs. The district brief turned up no recent changes of lasting interest to parents.
For a family considering Maud ES, the school sits in a town with a very modest housing market. Home values in the area are well below both the state and national benchmarks, which may make it an affordable option for buyers. The town is small, and its economic base has shifted away from its historical oil and agriculture roots; most residents likely commute to larger nearby towns like Shawnee or Seminole for work. Civic anchors are limited to city hall, a historical museum, and the school itself.
This is a school in a quiet, shrinking rural community where test results are a clear concern. A parent moving into the district should look into what academic support and enrichment the school offers, and how the district approaches instruction, especially given the low proficiency rates across multiple grade levels and subjects. The data available does not show whether the school has Title I status or offers any extended learning programs, so a direct conversation with the school would be necessary to fill in those gaps.
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