The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in Science. The lowest is 13% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Turner Es
Turner ES is the pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school in the small Turner district, housed in a single building that serves the wide-open rural landscape surrounding Burneyville, Oklahoma. The school is physically located about half a mile west of Falconhead Resort and Country Club, a semi-private golf community that is home to a majority of the area’s residents. The wider community is overwhelmingly agricultural, with farms and ranches specializing in peanuts, pecans, watermelons, grains, hay, and cattle, and the school itself was formed from the consolidation of four earlier rural schools. There is no downtown or commercial core in Burneyville, and the school functions as a central civic and educational anchor in a setting where daily life is fully car-dependent.
The student body is small, spanning pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, with classes that appear modest in size at each grade level. The composition is predominantly White, with a notable Hispanic enrollment and a smaller share of American Indian or Alaska Native students, along with a handful of students who identify as two or more races. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.
State testing results from the most recent school year show proficiency rates across math, English language arts, and science that are well below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Love County. The school’s overall proficiency index sits below the county median. In math, the share of students scoring at proficient or above ranged from just under one in six in fourth grade to roughly one in four in sixth grade. English language arts results were lower, with fourth grade showing a proficiency rate below one in ten and the highest grade level, seventh, reaching just under one in five. Science results for fifth and eighth graders were also low, though eighth grade science posted the highest single-subject rate across all tested grades and subjects, at roughly one in four students proficient. Oklahoma changed cut scores for math and English language arts in this testing cycle, which means these results cannot be directly compared to prior years; a parent may want to discuss with the school how the new standards affect the interpretation of these figures.
No data on free and reduced-price meal eligibility, special education enrollment, or English learner status were available, so the school’s economic and support-service profile is not clear from the record. The district itself did not appear to have any recent bond elections, curriculum changes, or other parent-relevant developments publicly reported in the last several years.
Housing in the area is more affordable than state and national medians, with home values having declined modestly over the past year. The economic context includes a national unemployment rate just above four percent and a thirty-year fixed mortgage rate in the mid-six percent range, which factors into the cost of living for families considering the area.
Turner ES serves a rural, low-density community where agriculture and a single resort development are the primary economic engines. The school is small and the peer group is small. Academic performance on state assessments is low relative to other districts in the county, and the data does not show whether the school offers the kinds of enrichment or support programs that some families look for. A parent considering this school should expect a setting that is isolated, rural, and tightly connected to the local agricultural and resort economy, and should seek direct information from the school about instructional supports, special programs, and the resources available to address the academic challenges shown in the testing data.
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