The reported proficiency rate for Math is 61%.
Original Research by School Decision on Stonewall Es
Stonewall Elementary School serves a small, rural community from prekindergarten through fourth grade. The school sits in the town of Stonewall, a place that has seen its commercial center shrink and its population decline after the rerouting of State Highway 3. Many residents commute to nearby Ada for work. The school itself has been described publicly as the hub of the community, and together with several churches and a nursing home it anchors local civic life. The town is entirely low-density and car-dependent, and there are no signs of new housing or growth that would alter the character of the place.
The elementary school is part of the Stonewall Public Schools district. The district appears to be a primary local employer. We looked for recent district changes or strategic priorities and found little publicly reported, so we left that context out rather than guess.
Enrollment at Stonewall ES is small for a school serving these early grades. The student body is composed mostly of white students, with a substantial share of American Indian or Alaska Native students. Smaller populations identify as two or more races, Hispanic, and Asian. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, who receive special education services, or who are classified as English learners was not available. A parent may want to ask the school about these figures directly.
State testing results in math and English language arts are available for grade four, but data for grade three was suppressed. Suppression typically happens when the group is too small to report without risking individual student identification. Fourth-grade math results showed a level of proficiency that sits well above the midpoint when compared with other elementary schools in Pontotoc County. In fact, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among the districts in the county. English language arts results for fourth grade were also suppressed, so no clear picture of reading performance at that grade level is available from the state assessment.
Because this is an elementary school serving grades PK through four, there is no graduation rate to consider, and chronic absenteeism data was not reported. The school's academic picture rests largely on the single grade four math metric that was reported. That one data point is strong relative to the county, but the gaps in the rest of the assessment data make it hard to draw a full conclusion about the school’s performance across all its grades and subjects. A parent may want to ask the school how students in the earlier grades are progressing and what kind of screening or benchmark assessments the school uses internally.
Housing in the Stonewall area is priced somewhat below national benchmarks and has seen a modest increase over the past year. The estimated monthly mortgage payment and rent costs are both below what many parts of the country see, which may be a factor for families deciding where to live. The town's economic context is one of stagnation rather than growth, and the school’s small size means class groups are likely to be small, but it also means a family moving in will find a limited range of local services and shopping.
Stonewall Elementary offers a straightforward, small-town elementary experience. Its strongest signal is in fourth-grade math, where performance is well above the county typical range. The lack of reported data in other grades and in English language arts means a parent should follow up with the school to understand how students are meeting benchmarks across the board. The community is quiet, stable, and declining in population, and the school functions as the center of that community. For a family that values a very small school setting with strong county-level math results and is comfortable with a rural, car-dependent town that has seen better commercial days, this could be a reasonable fit. For anyone wanting a clear picture of literacy outcomes or the full scope of support services, asking the school directly for that information would be necessary.
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