Enid Public Schools is a public

school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...

located in Enid, Oklahoma, USA. The school district had an enrollment of 7,540 students in September 2012.EPS Enrollment Soars to 7,500
September 19, 2012 The district covers central-west Enid and some unincorporated areas.

Demographics

In 2014 there were 381 students in Enid Public Schools who were Marshallese in English language learner programs, and two of the elementary schools had at least 25% of their total students being Marshallese ELL students. The district, in 2017, had two liaisons meant for the Marshallese population. In 2017, 200 of the students at

Enid High School Enid High School (EHS) is a public tertiary school in Enid, Oklahoma, U.S., operated by the Enid Public Schools school district. With a student body of about 2035 in grades 9-12, Enid High School has a matriculation rate of about 65 percent. Some ...

were Marshallese, and by 2014 the school had a student club where Marshallese students taught the overall student population about their culture. Longfellow Middle School also had such a club.

List of schools

Secondary schools

*Emerson Middle School *Longfellow Middle School *Waller Middle School

Elementary schools

Garfield Elementary School in Enid, Oklahoma

Prairie View Elementary in Enid, Oklahoma

Little red school house at Glenwood Elementary in Enid, Oklahoma

*Adams Elementary School *Coolidge Elementary School *Eisenhower Elementary School *Garfield Elementary School *Glenwood Elementary School *Hayes Elementary School *Hoover Elementary School *McKinley Elementary School *Monroe Elementary School *Prairie View Elementary School *Taft Elementary School

Alternative education

*Lincoln Academy D Bruce Selby Football Stadium 2

Historical schools

Enid's first school began on March 12, 1894.Architectural/Historical Survey of Certain Parts of Enid
, Meacham and Associates, 1992, page 25 Central, Jefferson and East Hill (now known as Garfield) were Enid's first educational institutions. Glenwood Elementary is also notable as one of the region's oldest schools. Glenwood and the "Little Red Schoolhouse" was founded as a rural school district only weeks after the opening of the

Cherokee Strip The Cherokee Outlet, or Cherokee Strip, was located in what is now the state of Oklahoma in the United States. It was a 60-mile-wide (97 km) parcel of land south of the Oklahoma-Kansas border between 96 and 100°W. The Cherokee Outlet wa ...

in 1893. The school was annexed to the Enid Public Schools in 1964. It was started in a dugout on the old Glenn farm west of Enid. It was originally located about a quarter mile west of its current site, on what was the Walter O. Beebe farm. The current A frame building, the "Little Red Schoolhouse", was constructed in 1895. In 1915, the building was taken apart, transported by wagon, and reassembled on its current site. Modern additions were constructed in 1958, 1962 and 1964. Roosevelt Elementary school was built in 1925 and later demolished. Wilson School was built in 1937."Architectural/Historical Survey of Certain Parts of Enid", Meacham and Associates, 1992, page 15 Booker T Washington School Enid

Segregation

Oklahoma schools became segregated with statehood in 1907,Smallwood, James,
Segregation
",
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
(accessed June 1, 2010). including Enid Public Schools. Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver were the city's black schools during the period of segregation. Washington school, founded in 1896, and instructing students of all grades, was originally located near

Government Springs Park Government Springs Park is a park located in Enid, Oklahoma. Prior to Oklahoma statehood, the park was a natural spring used by Native Americans, and later soldiers and cattle drivers along the Chisholm Trail. Skeleton Ranch, (North Enid, Oklahoma ...

at the current location of the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, but moved to a larger building on 5th street in 1921. Carver elementary school was constructed in 1949 as an all black school.Historic Resources Survey of the Southern Heights/East Park Project Area, Pt.2, 1997, page 17 A third school, encompassing grades 1-8, Douglas School operated from 1918 to 1920. Enid Public Schools were integrated in 1959. From 1967 to 1969, Jackson and Carver split grades 1-3 and 4-6, respectively, between the two schools.Historic Resources Survey of the Southern Heights/East Park Project Area, Pt.2, 1997, page 13 Both of these schools closed in 1969. Jackson School, originally an all-white school built in 1936 and designed by the architect Roy Shaw, is listed on the

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. Shaw also designed several other Enid school buildings including Enid High, Adams, Garfield, Roosevelt and Longfellow. Following integration in the 1970s, Carver High School became Carver Educational Center and Washington became the Booker T. Washington Community Center.

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External links

* {{Enid Oklahoma, state=expanded School districts in Oklahoma Schools in Enid, Oklahoma Education in Garfield County, Oklahoma School districts established in 1892 1892 establishments in Oklahoma Territory