Pauls Valley Elementary School

As a reasonably sized primary school in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, Pauls Valley Elementary School serves 462 students from grades pre-K through 3, part of PAULS VALLEY. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so Pauls Valley Elementary School sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in PAULS VALLEY (1,434 students total), Pauls Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Pauls Valley Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 30% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 12% Native American, 3% Black. By comparison, Garvin County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pauls Valley Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pauls Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 30.0%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Across the wider county, Garvin County reports that median household income runs about $58,556, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Garvin County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,065 students), of which Pauls Valley Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Pauls Valley Intermediate School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pauls Valley Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Pauls Valley Elementary School's enrollment has grew 158% since 2018, when it stood at 179 (now 462). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 54% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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