PURCELL ES

As a moderately sized elementary campus in Purcell, Oklahoma, PURCELL ES caters to 387 students from grades pre-K through 2, overseen by PURCELL.

PURCELL runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,463 students. PURCELL ES is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PURCELL ES shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 26% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% Native American. By comparison, McClain County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than McClain County's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for McClain County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,552 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McClain County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,736 students), PURCELL ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

PURCELL ES operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 413 students in 2018 compared to 387 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 55% to 48% over that span.

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