K-12 EDUCATION Based on data from the Public School Review for the 2024 school year, there are 26 public schools in Payne County supporting 10,435 students and two private schools supporting 174 students. Of all K-12 students in Payne County, 98% attend a public school compared to the state average of 95%. In 2010, the Annie E. Casey Foundation published a report highlighting the importance of third-grade reading proficiency. This report highlights numerous educational development risks for students who do not achieve third-grade reading proficiency including poor reading levels in high school, more behavioral and social problems, and high school graduation rates. Long-term effects include lower median annual income and overall impact on professional and economic advancement. For the 2021-2022 school year, third-grade reading proficiency in Payne County was 39% compared to 29% at the state level . While a national-level data point was not identified for third-grade reading proficiency, according to The Nation’s Report Card, Oklahoma’s 2022 average for fourth-grade scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress was 208 compared to the national average of 216. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, third-grade reading proficiency was unavailable for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years. Figure 15 shows third-grade reading proficiency percentages over time for Payne County and the state.
Third Grade Reading Proficiency
Payne County
Oklahoma
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Fig. 15, Source: KIDS COUNT Data Center/Annie E. Casey Foundation *Data was sourced from the Oklahoma State Department of Education and provided by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. Third grade reading proficiency is defined as ‘the percentage of third grade students scoring at or above the proficient level on the Oklahoma 3rd grade reading state test. The test was called the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test prior to 2016-2017 school year, and beginning in the 2016-2017 school year it changed to the Oklahoma State Testing Program (OSTP)’. The Oklahoma State Testing Program (OSTP) is a criterion-referenced test (CRT) designed to indicate whether students have achieved the competencies defined by the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS). Each student's performance is compared to a preset standard of expected achievement by subject at each grade level. The level of academic rigor that students must meet is established by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education approved more rigorous standards for the 2016-2017 school year. Direct comparison with prior year data is not valid.
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