ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES

As a tight-knit K-5 school in Elmore City, Oklahoma, ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES instructs 197 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under ELMORE CITY-PERNELL. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES sits 46% below that benchmark.

ELMORE CITY-PERNELL runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 452 students. ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school records 17% multiracial, 7% Native American, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.9%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Garvin County put the typical household earns roughly $58,556 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Garvin County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,065 students), of which ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES is one.

Nearest neighbor: ELMORE CITY JHS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELMORE CITY-PERNELL ES has edged down 20%, going from 247 students in 2018 to 197 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.