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Indianola Public Schools
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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 289 (2022-2023)
Schools: 2 (2022-2023)
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Indianola Public Schools is a school district in Oklahoma (Pittsburg County). During the 2023 school year, 289 students attended one of the district's two schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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Indianola Public Schools school board Office 5

General election

General election for Indianola Public Schools school board Office 5

Gail Kendrick and Jimmy Shaw ran in the general election for Indianola Public Schools school board Office 5 on April 1, 2025.

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Gail Kendrick (Nonpartisan)
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Jimmy Shaw (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board nonpartisan primary elections in Oklahoma are held on the second Tuesday in February every year. School board primary elections are only held if more than two candidates run for a school board member seat. If two candidates run, the primary is canceled and both candidates advance to the general election.

School board general elections in Oklahoma are held on the first Tuesday in April every year.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: December 3, 2025
  • Primary election date: February 10, 2026
  • General election date: April 7, 2026

Election system

School board members in Oklahoma are elected through a system of a nonpartisan primary election and a nonpartisan general election. The primary election is only held if a large enough number of candidates run for office.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Oklahoma are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Winning an election

The top two school board candidates with the most votes in the nonpartisan primary advance to the general election as long as none of them receives more than 50% of the vote. If only two candidates file for the primary election, they automatically advance to the general election. If there are three or more candidates on the ballot for the primary election and one receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate wins the election outright and is elected to office, and the general election is canceled.

The school board candidate with the most votes in the general election is elected to office. In Oklahoma, school board candidates can be elected outright in the nonpartisan primary election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Term length and staggering

School districts with three board members have three-year board member terms. School districts with five members have five-year board member terms. School districts with seven members have four-year board member terms. Elementary school district board members have three-year terms. Independent school districts (which serve grades K-12) have school boards with five-year terms or four-year terms, depending on how many school board members they have. Districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the board in addition to other school board members. The chair must be elected at large to four-year terms. As of 2022, Oklahoma City Schools was the only district that had opted to have an additional elected chair of the school board.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure


Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School districts either elect all regular school board members at large, or they elect all regular school board members from residence areas (sub-districts) with one board member elected by the voters of each sub-district. Elementary school districts must elect school board members at large. Any school district with an average daily student attendance of fewer than 1,800 students may choose to elect school board members at large instead of from sub-districts. Other school districts must elect school board members by sub-districts. Independent school districts that contain a city and for which less than 20% of the population of the school district resides outside of the city's limits may use the city's ward boundaries instead of drawing its own sub-district boundaries. Board members elected from sub-districts must reside within that sub-district when elected and for the duration of their terms. School districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the school board at large, which means that if other board members are elected by sub-district, that district would use a combination of elections at large and elections by sub-district elections.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The deadline for candidates to file for regular school board elections is the Wednesday following the first Monday in December in the year before the February primary election. Candidates must submit their filing by 5:00 pm on the day of the filing deadline.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §26-13A-110

Newly elected school board members officially take office at the first school board meeting taking place after the results of the election have been certified.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

 


About the district

School board

Indianola Public Schools consists of five members serving five-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameSeatYear assumed officeYear term ends
Denver HunterOffice 32028
Nanci BattlesOffice 22027
Jerad McKeeOffice 12026
Gail KendrickOffice 52025
Bryan AdamsOffice 42024

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Overlapping state house districts

Indianola Public Schools
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 18David SmithRepublican Party 70% 4%
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 17Jim GregoRepublican Party 30% 3%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $522,000 $2,096 14%
Local: $1,618,000 $6,498 45%
State: $1,449,000 $5,819 40%
Total: $3,589,000 $14,414
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $3,728,000 $14,971
Total Current Expenditures: $3,244,000 $13,028
Instructional Expenditures: $1,660,000 $6,666 45%
Student and Staff Support: $311,000 $1,248 8%
Administration: $445,000 $1,787 12%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $828,000 $3,325 22%
Total Capital Outlay: $445,000 $1,787
Construction: $358,000 $1,437
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $9,000 $36
Interest on Debt: $15,000 $60

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 15-19 PS <50 11-19 21-39 11-19
2018-2019 35-39 <50 30-39 40-59 30-39
2017-2018 30-34 <50 30-39 21-39 20-29
2016-2017 35-39 <50 40-49 <50 30-39
2015-2016 70-74 PS PS PS 80-89 >=50 60-69
2014-2015 70-74 PS PS 70-79 >=50 70-79
2013-2014 60-64 PS PS 60-69 >=50 50-59
2012-2013 75-79 PS 60-69 >=50 70-79
2011-2012 50-54 PS 50-59 >=50 50-59
2010-2011 55-59 PS PS 55-59 60-69

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 25-29 PS <50 30-39 21-39 20-29
2018-2019 30-34 <50 30-39 21-39 30-39
2017-2018 35-39 <50 30-39 21-39 40-49
2016-2017 30-34 <50 30-39 <50 30-39
2015-2016 65-69 PS PS 70-79 >=50 60-69
2014-2015 65-69 PS PS 70-79 40-59 50-59
2013-2014 55-59 PS 50-59 >=50 60-69
2012-2013 55-59 PS 40-49 >=50 60-69
2011-2012 55-59 PS 50-59 >=50 50-59
2010-2011 55-59 PS PS 55-59 50-59

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 >=80 PS PS >=80
2018-2019 >=80 >=50 PS >=50
2017-2018 >=80 >=50 >=50
2016-2017 >=80 PS >=50 PS >=50
2015-2016 40-59 PS PS PS >=50
2014-2015 >=80 PS >=50 PS >=50
2013-2014 60-79 PS PS >=50
2012-2013 >=80 PS >=50 >=50

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 289 2.1
2021-2022 283 12.0
2020-2021 249 -10.0
2019-2020 274 -1.1
2018-2019 277 14.1
2017-2018 238 0.0
2016-2017 238 7.1
2015-2016 221 0.9
2014-2015 219 -5.0
2013-2014 230 0.4
2012-2013 229 -2.6
2011-2012 235 -9.8
2010-2011 258 -3.5
2009-2010 267 -9.0
2008-2009 291 -1.4
2007-2008 295 -13.6
2006-2007 335 -1.2
2005-2006 339 -5.0
2004-2005 356 4.8
2003-2004 339 -9.7
2002-2003 372 -1.9
2001-2002 379 -7.9
2000-2001 409 -12.7
1999-2000 461 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Indianola Public Schools (%) Oklahoma K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 27.0 11.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.7 2.3
Black 0.0 7.9
Hispanic 4.8 19.8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.7 0.4
Two or More Races 15.6 12.9
White 51.2 45.5

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Indianola Public Schools had 18.45 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 15.66.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 1.00
Kindergarten: 1.00
Elementary: 8.75
Secondary: 7.70
Total: 18.45

Indianola Public Schools employed 1.00 district administrators and 1.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 1.00
District Administrative Support: 2.50
School Administrators: 1.00
School Administrative Support: 1.83
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 8.17
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 0.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.50
Librarians/Media Specialists: 1.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 1.55
Other Support Services: 5.00

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

Indianola Public Schools operates two schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Indianola Es184PK-8
Indianola Hs1059-12

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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