District profile / Oklahoma

Pauls Valley Public Schools

Pauls Valley, Oklahoma · Public school district · #82 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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1,434

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,699

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Oklahoma median

15.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Pauls Valley Public Schools is a public school district based in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, serving 1,434 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #82 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 34% of them. Its schools average 358 students each, fewer than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,699 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 15.3 students per teacher.

How Pauls Valley compares

Pauls ValleyOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,699

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,479

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school358

Oklahoma median 428 · 16% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.3

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor358

Oklahoma median 356 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$14.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 49%Local 34%

Measure	Pauls Valley	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,699	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,479	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$15.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$14.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	94	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	207	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.3	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	358	356	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Oklahoma median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Oklahoma

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Purcell Public SchoolsPurcell	1,463	4	$9,732	15.2	#79
Lone Grove Public SchoolsLone Grove	1,454	4	$8,624	15.0	#80
Sulphur Public SchoolsSulphur	1,435	4	$9,514	17.9	#81
Pauls Valley Public SchoolsPauls Valley · this district	1,434	4	$10,699	15.3	#82
Checotah Public SchoolsChecotah	1,428	4	$10,882	16.0	#83

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Summit School District 104Summit, IL	1,435	$19,148	10.7
Independence Community School DistrictIndependence, IA	1,434	$11,490	14.3
Bushland ISDBushland, TX	1,434	$10,099	12.7
Galax City Public SchoolsGalax, VA	1,434	$13,537	13.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ok-pauls-valley-public-schools