The top reported proficiency rate is 28% in English language arts. The lowest is 12% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Elmore City-pernell Es
Elmore City-Pernell Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Elmore City-Pernell school district, a small rural system in Garvin County, Oklahoma. The school sits in the town of Elmore City, a community shaped by its agricultural and oil-field history that has seen a long-term population decline since the mid-twentieth century, though the most recent census showed a slight uptick. The district covers both Elmore City and the nearby community of Pernell, and the school system itself is one of the town’s primary civic anchors. Housing in the area is relatively affordable compared to national benchmarks, which may matter to families considering a move.
The school’s enrollment is modest for an elementary building serving seven grade levels, with a student body that is predominantly white. A notable share of students identify as two or more races, and there are smaller numbers of American Indian or Alaska Native students, Hispanic students, Black students, and Asian students. Data on economic disadvantage and special education identification were not available, so a parent interested in those supports would need to ask the school directly.
Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and the state testing results that are available come from the Oklahoma School Testing Program for grades three through five. Some scores for individual grades were suppressed, likely because the tested group was small, a common situation in smaller schools. Among the results that were reported, the patterns show room for growth. In third grade English language arts, about a quarter of students reached proficient levels. In fifth grade mathematics, the share was lower, and in fifth grade science it was lower still. The picture is mixed, and a parent may want to discuss with the school how these results align with the curriculum and what supports are in place.
When compared with other districts in Garvin County, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint. That relative position is a positive signal within the local context, even though the absolute rates point to areas where improvement is possible. No chronic absenteeism data were available for this school, and no details on staffing or discipline were provided in the records.
The district itself does not appear to have undergone recent major changes that would affect parents directly, based on publicly available information. No program listings were supplied, so it is not possible to describe any specialized offerings such as gifted services or extracurriculars at the elementary level. Families considering the school should be prepared for a small-town setting where the school is a central institution, and they may wish to follow up on student support resources and the specific instructional strategies used in the classrooms.
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