Summary:
ZIP code 74435 has one middle school, Gore Upper Elementary School, serving grades 6–8 with 118 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 50% in science and 33% in math, compared with 30% and 25% statewide; in English Language Arts (ELA), it was 17%, compared with 26% statewide. The most important takeaway is that results vary sharply by subject: science and math were above the state, while ELA was below it.
There is no second local school to rank above or below Gore Upper Elementary, so the state is the useful comparison. Science was the school’s strongest relative subject, 20 percentage points above Oklahoma, while math was 8 points above; ELA was 9 points below. Grade-level results in 2025–2026 reinforce that pattern: grade 7 and grade 8 math were 9 and 16 points above state results, while ELA was 4 and 2 points below, respectively. Grade 8 science was 14 points above the state. SchoolDigger lists the Gore district at rank 71 of 450, in the 84th percentile, with four stars.
Results shifted unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: Gore Upper Elementary’s ELA proficiency fell from 28% to 17%, science fell from 64% to 50%, and math edged up from 31% to 33%. The science advantage over the state narrowed from 34 points to 20, while math’s lead grew from 5 points to 8; ELA moved from 2 points above the state to 9 below. SchoolDigger’s school ranking history also declined, from the 88th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 73rd percentile in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 17.2 student–teacher ratio and 60% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Reported chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 0% at the school, versus 1% districtwide and 16% statewide.
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