PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Purcell, Oklahoma, overseen by PURCELL. Current enrollment sits at 328 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Within PURCELL, which oversees 4 schools and 1,463 students, PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Native American. By comparison, McClain County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McClain County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.

In the area at large, census data for McClain County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,552 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, McClain County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,736 students), of which PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PURCELL ES, roughly 0.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PURCELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 329 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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