PAULS VALLEY JHS

Set in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, PAULS VALLEY JHS is a modestly sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within PAULS VALLEY. It enrolls 322 students across grades 7 through 9.

PAULS VALLEY JHS is one of 4 schools operated by PAULS VALLEY, a district that instructs 1,434 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAULS VALLEY JHS reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 15% Native American, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PAULS VALLEY JHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.4%, the actual is 22.3%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Garvin County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,556, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Garvin County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,065 students), PAULS VALLEY JHS is one campus in the mix.

Pauls Valley Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PAULS VALLEY JHS at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 18%: 272 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 6% to 2% over that span.

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