Gore Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (21).
School pathway
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Oklahoma's top 10%.
Schools most like Gore Elementary School
Gore Elementary School's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore Elementary School this school | 217 | 70.0% | 51.4% |
| Wright City Elementary School Wright City | 265 | 71.7% | 27.0% |
| Pawnee Elementary School Pawnee | 293 | 67.6% | 31.7% |
| Stringtown Elementary School Stringtown | 171 | 73.1% | 16.3% |
| Varnum Elementary School Seminole | 255 | 69.8% | 8.4% |
| Locust Grove Early Lrning Center Locust Grove | 224 | 75.4% | N/A |
Where Gore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Sequoyah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #47 of 555 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #66 of 651 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #99 of 523 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #679 of 941 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #94 of 708 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #437 of 708 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #469 of 876 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #266 of 548 | #3 of 7 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 217 | 15.9 | 13.7:1 | 70% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 13.6 | 17.6:1 | 80% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 15.9 | 15.6:1 | 74% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 67% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 15.6 | 16.3:1 | 100% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 217 | 16 | 13.6:1 | 80% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 75% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 74% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (253 to 217); teachers up 2% (15.6 to 15.9).
About Gore Elementary School
Gore Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Gore, Oklahoma. In all, 217 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 41% below the average of about 366 students for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
Besides Gore Elementary School, GORE runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 470 students.
No group is above 50% at Gore Elementary School; the largest is Native American, at 46%. The school is also 40% White, 11% multiracial, and 2% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gore Elementary School scores 62%.
The school has 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is 15.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Gore Elementary School beats its 31.6% prediction with 51.4%, a top-10% result in Oklahoma.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sequoyah County show that the median household earns about $51,093 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Sequoyah County, 25 public schools serve about 7,452 students.
The closest school to Gore Elementary School is Gore Upper Elementary School, located about 0.8 miles away. Gore Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Gore Elementary School at 1st of 5.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.1:1 to 13.7:1.
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