PAOLI ES

PAOLI ES is an elementary campus of micro-enrollment scale in Paoli, Oklahoma, part of PAOLI, teacheing 95 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 74% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

Across the 2 schools in PAOLI (153 students total), PAOLI ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PAOLI ES logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 15% Native American, 3% Asian. By comparison, Garvin County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PAOLI ES lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Garvin County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, PAOLI ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

In the area at large, Garvin County reports that median household income runs about $58,556, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Garvin County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,065 students), PAOLI ES is one campus in the mix.

PAOLI HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PAOLI ES at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 31.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 40%: 159 students in 2018 compared to 95 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 9% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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