Other / mixed grade configuration · Lookeba, OK

Lookeba-Sickles Es

Federal NCES profile for Lookeba-Sickles Es, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 56/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 401839000876
0/100100/10056/100
👥 S:T ratio
55
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
82
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Lookeba-Sickles Es earns 56/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of Oklahoma schools.

56
Resource Index · Higher
11.2:1
small classes for Oklahoma
123
students enrolled

Lookeba-Sickles Es has class sizes smaller than 91% of Oklahoma schools. Computed live against every Oklahoma school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

123

Oklahoma · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

11.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.2:1

vs 16.1:1 Oklahoma avg

-30% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Lookeba-Sickles Es compares with Oklahoma and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:111.2:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Lookeba-Sickles Es

Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing

Lookeba-Sickles Es sits near the smaller end of the Oklahoma enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.

Attendance is a relative strength

7.3% of Lookeba-Sickles Es students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 civil-rights collection. On its face, that is a comparatively low historical rate, though this page does not treat it as a current national benchmark or guarantee current-year performance. Here, attendance is a more distinctive signal than the presence or absence of any single specialist role.

Lookeba-Sickles Es is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Lookeba, Oklahoma, enrolling 123 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 11.2:1, Lookeba-Sickles Es is leaner than roughly 91% of Oklahoma schools and 30% under the state's 16.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Enrollment of 123 puts it in the smaller third of Oklahoma schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,778 scored Oklahoma schools.

Its student body is led by White (57%) and Hispanic or Latino (27%) (diversity index 59/100).

Attendance holds up well here: only 7.3% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Its district draws 19.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Its district, Lookeba Sickles, also runs Lookeba-Sickles Hs (57 students).

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Lookeba-Sickles Es compares

Lookeba-Sickles Es on the metrics families compare, against Oklahoma and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Oklahoma Oklahoma avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.2:1 ▼ 30% 16.1:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 123 top 81% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.2:1
Leaner classes than 82% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
123
Bigger than 12% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
11.2:1
students per teacher - 30% below state mean
Top 9% in Oklahoma - lower ratio than 91% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
7.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$12,259
per pupil, district-wide - below Oklahoma avg of $12,594
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 56.9%
Hispanic or Latino 26.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native 8.9%
Two or More 7.3%

Largest group: White at 56.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 59.1/100

Simpson diversity index - at 59.1, Lookeba-Sickles Es is about as mixed as the Oklahoma school average of 59.6.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Lookeba Sickles, which includes Lookeba-Sickles Es.

$12,259
Per student
-3%
vs Oklahoma
Avg $12,594
-26%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 27.8%
State 52.7%
Federal 19.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Lookeba-Sickles Es Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Lookeba-Sickles Hs Smaller No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Lookeba-Sickles Es's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Lookeba Sickles · 1 sibling school

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Oklahoma, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Lookeba-Sickles Es

How many students attend Lookeba-Sickles Es?

Lookeba-Sickles Es has 123 students enrolled. It is a public school in Lookeba, OK.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Lookeba-Sickles Es?

The student-teacher ratio at Lookeba-Sickles Es is 11.2:1, which is 30% lower than the Oklahoma average of 16.1:1 and 29% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Lookeba-Sickles Es?

The largest demographic group at Lookeba-Sickles Es is White at 56.9% of enrollment, in Lookeba, OK. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 59.1/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Lookeba-Sickles Es?

Lookeba-Sickles Es has a Resource Investment Index of 56/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Lookeba Sickles?

Besides Lookeba-Sickles Es, Lookeba Sickles also operates Lookeba-Sickles Hs (57 students). See the Lookeba Sickles district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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