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Keys Public Schools, Oklahoma, elections

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Keys Public Schools
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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 750 (2022-2023)
Schools: 2 (2022-2023)
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Keys Public Schools is a school district in Oklahoma (Cherokee County). During the 2023 school year, 750 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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Keys Public Schools school board Office 4

General election

General election for Keys Public Schools school board Office 4

Radean Foreman and Philip Manes ran in the general election for Keys Public Schools school board Office 4 on April 2, 2024.

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Keys Public Schools school board Office 3

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Cory Beights ran in the general election for Keys Public Schools school board Office 3 on April 4, 2023.

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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

Keys 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
Philip ManesOffice 4
Bobby MusgroveOffice 32028
Beth BrantOffice 22027
Rick PatrickOffice 12026
Dexter ScottOffice 52025

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Overlapping state house districts

Keys Public Schools
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 4Bob Ed CulverRepublican Party 100% 22%

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: $1,902,000 $2,785 22%
Local: $2,793,000 $4,089 32%
State: $3,903,000 $5,714 45%
Total: $8,598,000 $12,589
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $9,585,000 $14,033
Total Current Expenditures: $7,537,000 $11,035
Instructional Expenditures: $4,449,000 $6,513 46%
Student and Staff Support: $730,000 $1,068 8%
Administration: $845,000 $1,237 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $1,513,000 $2,215 16%
Total Capital Outlay: $1,955,000 $2,862
Construction: $1,835,000 $2,686
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $20,000 $29
Interest on Debt: $73,000 $106

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 39 <50 35-39 30-39 40-44
2018-2019 41 21-39 40-44 40-49 35-39
2017-2018 31 PS PS <50 30-34 21-39 30-34
2016-2017 25 PS PS <50 20-24 40-59 25-29
2015-2016 61 PS PS >=50 55-59 >=50 65-69
2014-2015 62 PS PS >=50 55-59 <50 65-69
2013-2014 61 PS >=50 60-64 <50 65-69
2012-2013 64 PS >=50 60-64 >=50 70-74
2011-2012 66 PS >=50 60-64 >=50 70-74
2010-2011 66 PS >=50 60-64 70-74

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 40 <50 40-44 30-39 45-49
2018-2019 36 <=20 35-39 20-29 35-39
2017-2018 38 PS PS <50 35-39 21-39 40-44
2016-2017 36 PS PS <50 30-34 40-59 40-44
2015-2016 74 PS PS >=50 70-74 >=50 75-79
2014-2015 75 PS PS >=50 70-74 >=50 75-79
2013-2014 76 PS >=50 75-79 >=50 80-84
2012-2013 72 PS >=50 65-69 >=50 75-79
2011-2012 73 PS >=50 70-74 >=50 70-74
2010-2011 76 PS >=50 70-74 80-84

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 85-89 PS >=80 >=50 >=80
2018-2019 >=95 PS PS >=90 >=50 >=80
2017-2018 >=95 PS >=90 >=50 >=80
2016-2017 >=95 PS >=90 PS >=80
2015-2016 90-94 PS >=90 >=90
2014-2015 80-84 PS 80-89 PS 80-89
2013-2014 90-94 PS >=90 >=80
2012-2013 90-94 PS 80-89 >=80

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 750 -0.5
2021-2022 754 9.4
2020-2021 683 0.6
2019-2020 679 -9.1
2018-2019 741 -8.4
2017-2018 803 3.4
2016-2017 776 -4.8
2015-2016 813 -6.4
2014-2015 865 -1.5
2013-2014 878 0.8
2012-2013 871 -1.0
2011-2012 880 0.7
2010-2011 874 -3.5
2009-2010 905 0.4
2008-2009 901 -1.0
2007-2008 910 3.0
2006-2007 883 6.1
2005-2006 829 4.2
2004-2005 794 10.3
2003-2004 712 7.2
2002-2003 661 14.2
2001-2002 567 4.4
2000-2001 542 0.0
1999-2000 0 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Keys Public Schools (%) Oklahoma K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 43.9 11.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.0 2.3
Black 0.3 7.9
Hispanic 4.3 19.8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.4
Two or More Races 18.8 12.9
White 32.8 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, Keys Public Schools had 51.40 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 14.59.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 1.00
Kindergarten: 0.00
Elementary: 29.63
Secondary: 20.77
Total: 51.40

Keys Public Schools employed 1.00 district administrators and 1.99 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: 4.33
School Administrators: 1.99
School Administrative Support: 3.00
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 13.23
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 0.63
Total Guidance Counselors: 2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 1.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 1.00
Library/Media Support: 0.63
Student Support Services: 7.43
Other Support Services: 10.34

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]

Keys Public Schools operates two schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Keys Es493PK-8
Keys Hs2579-12

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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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