The top reported proficiency rate is 35% in Math. The lowest is 31% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Pansy Kidd Ms
Pansy Kidd Middle School serves students in fifth and sixth grades within the Poteau Public Schools system, a district centered on the small city of Poteau, the county seat of Le Flore County in eastern Oklahoma. The school’s name is its own: it is a standalone middle school for those two grades, not part of a combined campus. The city itself functions as a commercial and civic hub for the surrounding rural area, anchored by county government, a local college, a technology center branch, and healthcare. Housing in the area is well below the national benchmark in value, making it a relatively affordable market for families, though the typical household income nationally has been rising and mortgage rates have been moderate.
Pansy Kidd Middle School enrolls a student body that is diverse in its composition. White students make up the largest single group, followed by a substantial Hispanic population, a notable American Indian or Alaska Native presence, and a meaningful share of students who identify as two or more races. Asian, Black, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students are present in small numbers. The school serves only two grades, fifth and sixth, so its enrollment is concentrated in that narrow band.
On state assessments, the proficiency rates for both fifth and sixth graders in math and English language arts are in a modest range. In math, roughly a third of students in each grade scored at the proficient or above level. In English language arts, the share was slightly lower, around three in ten students in both grades. Science results for fifth graders were suppressed in the data, so no performance figure is available for that subject. These proficiency numbers, while not high, place the school in a strong position relative to other districts within Le Flore County. The school’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades sits at the top of the county’s range, near the highest among the districts in that comparison set. That context matters: the county has a wide spread of outcomes, and Pansy Kidd Middle School performs well above the median for the area.
The district itself did not report any recent changes that would affect a family’s decision, such as new policies, curriculum shifts, or financial referendums. No such information was found in the research, so it is left out rather than guessed.
Because the school serves only fifth and sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. Similarly, data on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education identification, English learner status, and chronic absenteeism were not available in the sources used. A parent who wants to understand the level of economic need or student support services at the school would need to follow up directly with the school or district for those figures.
Poteau’s schools are spread across separate campuses rather than concentrated on one site, so Pansy Kidd Middle School is a distinct building. The city’s growth has been modest, consistent with its rural county seat character, and the community has a family-oriented demographic with a notable share of residents under eighteen. Public recreational amenities include parks, a sports complex, a lake with state park access, and a local museum, but there is no fixed-route public transit system. The area is car-dependent.
For a family in Le Flore County or considering a move to Poteau, Pansy Kidd Middle School offers a relatively strong academic standing within its local competitive set, even though the raw proficiency rates are moderate. The school serves a fairly diverse student population for the region. A parent should know that the available data does not cover some key measures of student need and school climate, so those are topics to explore directly with the school. The school fits a family looking for a stable, mid-sized middle school in an affordable, small-city setting with a civic and educational anchor, where the academic outcomes are solid for the county context even if they are not high in absolute terms.
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