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Okmulgee Primary Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4
401st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 614 Oklahoma Elementary Schools
Better than 35% of Oklahoma elementary schools
Summary

Okmulgee Primary Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-4 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, with 523 students. The school is part of the Okmulgee school district, which is ranked 420 out of 452 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Okmulgee Primary Elementary School ranks 218 out of 502 Oklahoma elementary schools for low socioeconomic status (SES) students, with a 3-star rating, the school has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 13.4% in 2023-2024 to 26.0% in 2024-2025. Academically, the school struggles, with only 24% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 21% proficient or better in Mathematics across all grades in 2024-2025, significantly below the state averages of 26% and 26%, respectively.

Compared to nearby schools, Beggs Elementary School, located 10.27 miles away, has significantly higher proficiency rates of 39% in English Language Arts and 57% in Mathematics across all grades. Okmulgee Primary Elementary School also has an extremely high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, reaching 95.41% in 2023-2024, and a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 19.7 in 2023-2024, which may contribute to the school's academic challenges.

470
Students ?
19.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,664
Per pupil spending ?
96.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1003 N Okmulgee St
       Okmulgee, OK  74447-4447

(918) 758-2030

District: Okmulgee


Students who attend Okmulgee Primary Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Dunbar Intermediate Elementary School
High:    Okmulgee High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
30.9%
American Indian:
24.5%
Two or more races:
24.3%
more
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 20th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school22%
District avg12%
Oklahoma avg26%
401st of 614
Oklahoma public elementary schools ?
Bottom 35%▲ up 15 pts since 2015
From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
420th of 452Okmulgee among Oklahoma districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202536.0401 of 61434.7%★★☆☆☆
202416.2354 of 3899.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201523.3765 of 95720.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202552.5218 of 50256.6%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)57th percentile+22 vs school
By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts I24%~ state avg
Mathematics21%-5 vs state

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Students at Okmulgee Primary Elementary School are 31% White, 24% American Indian, 24% Two or more races, 12% African American, 8% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 470 students attended Okmulgee Primary Elementary School.

Students who attend Okmulgee Primary Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dunbar Intermediate Elementary School
High : Okmulgee High School

Okmulgee Primary Elementary School ranks 401st of 614 Oklahoma elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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