PANSY KIDD MS

As a cozy 6-8 campus in Poteau, Oklahoma, PANSY KIDD MS caters to 288 students from grades 5 through 6, operated by POTEAU. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 388.

Within POTEAU, which oversees 5 schools and 2,146 students, PANSY KIDD MS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PANSY KIDD MS records that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 16% Native American. By comparison, Le Flore County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PANSY KIDD MS has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 69% of students at PANSY KIDD MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PANSY KIDD MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Le Flore County shows median household income runs about $51,565, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PANSY KIDD MS is one of 38 public schools in Le Flore County (combined enrollment of about 8,938 students).

The closest other public school is 7TH AND 8TH GRADE ACADEMIC CTR, roughly 0.9 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PANSY KIDD MS comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PANSY KIDD MS's enrollment has ticked down 39% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 288). The White share of enrollment shrank from 56% to 43% over that span.

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