In a demographic shift that is ahead of the state as a whole, but representative of many small towns in the region, Hispanics make up nearly 27 percent of the enrollment in the 800-student Hennessey school district, up from 18.2 percent in the 2000-2001 school year. In response to those changes, the district has adjusted how it teaches English-language learners, largely banishing the sink-or-swim approach. The district is one of four in Oklahoma--and one of the few rural school districts in the region--to launch a two-way language-immersion program. In such programs, children from English- and Spanish-language backgrounds study together to learn both languages. This article describes how the district's choice of two-way language immersion instead of English-as-a-second-language instruction, which is by far the most common approach throughout Oklahoma and other states in the region, is paying off.