PURCELL HS

Located at 2020 North Green Avenue, in Purcell, Oklahoma, PURCELL HS is an average-sized four-year high school that educates 438 students (grades 9 through 12), run under PURCELL.

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

On demographics, PURCELL HS records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PURCELL HS logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, McClain County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (McClain County) records that median household earnings sit near $84,552, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across McClain County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,736 students), PURCELL HS is one campus in the mix.

PURCELL JHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. PURCELL HS's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 438). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 33% across the same window.

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