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What tradition at Pauls Valley Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULS VALLEY·NCES 402355002123
Pauls Valley Elementary School
1650 West Grant, Pauls Valley, OK 73075 · (405) 238-2312 · Garvin County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
335 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 85 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 20% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pauls Valley Elementary School→Pauls Valley Intermediate School→Pauls Valley Junior High School→Pauls Valley High School
Based on grade levels within PAULS VALLEY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
32.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pauls Valley Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauls Valley Elementary School this school | 462 | 72.5% | 30.0% |
| Adams Elementary School Norman | 506 | 69.8% | N/A |
| Poteau Upper Elementary School Poteau | 468 | 71.2% | 38.6% |
| Washington Irving Elementary School Durant | 436 | 77.1% | N/A |
| Purcell Elementary School Purcell | 387 | 67.4% | N/A |
| Heavener Elementary School Heavener | 542 | 76.6% | 28.7% |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pauls Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Garvin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #427 of 555 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #399 of 651 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #390 of 523 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #242 of 941 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #184 of 708 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #194 of 708 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #422 of 876 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
462
+311 (+206%) vs 2020
+245% since 2000-01, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 462 | 31.6 | 14.6:1 | 73% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 34.6 | 13.2:1 | 75% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 33.6 | 14.0:1 | 67% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 9 | 16.8:1 | 70% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 179 | 9.3 | 19.2:1 | 81% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 10 | 17.9:1 | 75% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 9 | 20.1:1 | 70% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 134 | 5 | 26.8:1 | 54% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pauls Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 158% (179 to 462); teachers up 239% (9.3 to 31.6).
About Pauls Valley Elementary School
Pauls Valley Elementary School is a public elementary school run by PAULS VALLEY in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. It had 462 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 3. By comparison, elementary schools in Oklahoma enroll about 366 students on average.
PAULS VALLEY counts 4 schools and 1,434 students, including Pauls Valley Elementary School.
White students account for 42% of enrollment at Pauls Valley Elementary School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 12% Native American, and 3% Black. County-wide, 77% of Garvin County residents are White. The diversity index for Pauls Valley Elementary School is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.6:1 is based on 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pauls Valley Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 24% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
Pauls Valley Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oklahoma schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.0% and a predicted 30.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Garvin County show that median household income comes to about $58,556, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Garvin County counts 21 public schools with about 5,065 students.
About 0.9 miles separate Pauls Valley Elementary School from the closest public school, Pauls Valley Intermediate School. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Ranked by average proficiency, Pauls Valley Elementary School places 4th out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Pauls Valley Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Federal records list enrollment at Pauls Valley Elementary School as 151 in 2020-21 and 462 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.8 to 14.6 over 4 years.
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Garvin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,860
Census ACS
Median income
$58,556
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PAULS VALLEY
- Pauls Valley High SchoolHigh · 361 students
- Pauls Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 322 students
- Pauls Valley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 289 students
Other schools in Pauls Valley
- Pauls Valley High SchoolHigh · 361 students
- Pauls Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 322 students
- Whitebead Public SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Pauls Valley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Pauls Valley Intermediate School0.9 mi · 289
- Pauls Valley Junior High School1.2 mi · 322
- Pauls Valley High School1.6 mi · 361
- Whitebead Public School3.7 mi · 294
- Paoli Elementary School6.4 mi · 95
- Paoli High School6.4 mi · 58
Frequently asked questions
About Pauls Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pauls Valley Elementary School?
Pauls Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Pauls Valley Elementary School serve?
Pauls Valley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Pauls Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Pauls Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Pauls Valley Elementary School?
Pauls Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 30% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Pauls Valley Elementary School in?
Pauls Valley Elementary School is part of PAULS VALLEY.
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