Enrollment
322
Middle
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULS VALLEY·NCES 402355002372
Pauls Valley Junior High School
109 West Guy, Pauls Valley, OK 73075 · (405) 238-1239 · Garvin County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Oklahoma public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
237 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 68%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 106 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 29% |
| Grade 9 | 122 | 38% |
Student demographics
66%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
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OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
10.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Junior High School
Pauls Valley Junior High School's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauls Valley Junior High School this school | 322 | 73.6% | 22.3% |
| Pauls Valley Intermediate School Pauls Valley | 289 | 76.5% | 39.0% |
| Pansy Kidd Middle School Poteau | 288 | 69.1% | 32.3% |
| Chickasha Middle School Chickasha | 288 | 76.7% | 32.1% |
| 7th and 8th Grade Academic Center Poteau | 277 | 69.0% | 32.6% |
| Leslie F Roblyer Learning Center El Reno | 388 | 80.9% | 16.5% |
Matched among Oklahoma middle 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Garvin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #185 of 222 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #208 of 223 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #186 of 211 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #165 of 356 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #70 of 237 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #114 of 237 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #116 of 308 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #30 of 89 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
322
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 322 | 21.9 | 14.7:1 | 74% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 22.5 | 15.2:1 | 71% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 66% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 61% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 19.1 | 14.2:1 | 65% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 68% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 16 | 16.4:1 | 59% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pauls Valley Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (272 to 322); teachers up 15% (19.1 to 21.9).
About Pauls Valley Junior High School
Pauls Valley Junior High School is a public middle-grades school in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. The school teaches grades 7 through 9 and enrolls 322 students.
PAULS VALLEY is the district for Pauls Valley Junior High School. It has 4 schools and 1,434 students.
The largest group at Pauls Valley Junior High School is White students, at 48%. Smaller groups are 29% Hispanic, 15% Native American, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Garvin County is roughly 77% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pauls Valley Junior High School scores 66%.
A staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.7:1. Compared with the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Pauls Valley Junior High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of Oklahoma public middle schools.
Compared with Oklahoma schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pauls Valley Junior High School's results are 8.0 points below predicted: 22.3% against 30.4%.
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 the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 21, with about 5,065 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Pauls Valley Junior High School from the closest public school, Pauls Valley Intermediate School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.2% on proficiency, and Pauls Valley Junior High School is below that at 22.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 322, up from 299 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 13.6 in 2020-21 to 14.7 in 2024-25.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Pauls Valley High SchoolHigh · 361 students
- Pauls Valley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 289 students
Other schools in Pauls Valley
- Pauls Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Pauls Valley High SchoolHigh · 361 students
- Whitebead Public SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Pauls Valley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Pauls Valley Intermediate School0.4 mi · 289
- Pauls Valley High School0.5 mi · 361
- Pauls Valley Elementary School1.2 mi · 462
- Whitebead Public School4.7 mi · 294
- Paoli Elementary School6.4 mi · 95
- Paoli High School6.5 mi · 58
Frequently asked questions
About Pauls Valley Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Pauls Valley Junior High School?
Pauls Valley Junior High School enrolls approximately 322 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Pauls Valley Junior High School serve?
Pauls Valley Junior High School serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Pauls Valley Junior High School have?
Pauls Valley Junior High School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Pauls Valley Junior High School?
Student demographics at Pauls Valley Junior High School are roughly 48% White, 29% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Pauls Valley Junior High School in?
Pauls Valley Junior High School is part of PAULS VALLEY.
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