Enrollment
294
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITEBEAD·NCES 403267001805
Whitebead Public School
16476 North County Road 3200, Pauls Valley, OK 73075 · (405) 238-3021 · Garvin County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
28 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
193 students
STATE 68%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 95% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
21.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Whitebead Public School
Whitebead Public School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitebead Public School this school | 294 | 65.6% | 35.6% |
| Parkland Elementary School Yukon | 288 | 62.2% | 47.5% |
| Purcell Intermediate School Purcell | 328 | 65.9% | 30.8% |
| Shedeck Elementary School Yukon | 365 | 72.6% | N/A |
| Ringwood Elementary School Ringwood | 216 | 60.2% | 30.4% |
| Purcell Elementary School Purcell | 387 | 67.4% | N/A |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary 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 Whitebead Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Garvin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #295 of 555 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #561 of 651 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #255 of 523 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #541 of 941 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #4 of 708 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #310 of 708 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #554 of 876 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #103 of 548 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
294
-71 (-19%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 294 | 28.1 | 10.4:1 | 66% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 26.8 | 11.6:1 | 70% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 21.5 | 15.5:1 | 70% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 63% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 54% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 58% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 61% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 55% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 22 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitebead Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (393 to 294); teachers up 13% (25 to 28.1).
About Whitebead Public School
Whitebead Public School is a public elementary school in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 294 students.
WHITEBEAD is the district for Whitebead Public School.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Whitebead Public School, 41% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 39% White, 10% multiracial, and 9% Native American. In Garvin County overall, about 10% of residents are Hispanic. Whitebead Public School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Whitebead Public School employs 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oklahoma is 15.6:1, higher than at this school. Whitebead Public School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 66%. Across public schools in Garvin County, the average is about the same, 66%.
Whitebead Public School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Oklahoma public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Whitebead Public School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Oklahoma schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.6%; the prediction is 33.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Garvin County show that median household income is about $58,556, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Whitebead Public School is one of 21 public schools in Garvin County, which together enroll about 5,065 students.
Pauls Valley Elementary School is the public school closest to Whitebead Public School, about 3.7 miles away. Whitebead Public School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Whitebead Public School ranks 3rd of 5 nearby schools, at 35.6% versus a 31.8% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 294 was 19% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 365. Students per teacher fell from 14.6 in 2020-21 to 10.4 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Whitebead Public School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Junior High SchoolMiddle · 322 students
- Pauls Valley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Pauls Valley Elementary School3.7 mi · 462
- Pauls Valley Intermediate School4.3 mi · 289
- Pauls Valley Junior High School4.7 mi · 322
- Pauls Valley High School4.9 mi · 361
- Paoli High School5.1 mi · 58
- Paoli Elementary School5.1 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About Whitebead Public SchoolHow many students attend Whitebead Public School?
Whitebead Public School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Whitebead Public School serve?
Whitebead Public School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Whitebead Public School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Whitebead Public School.
How diverse is Whitebead Public School?
Whitebead Public School reports a student body of 39% White, 41% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Whitebead Public School in?
Whitebead Public School is part of WHITEBEAD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.