Pioneer-Pleasant Vale

Public school district · Garfield County · Oklahoma · NCES district ID 4024510

Pioneer-Pleasant Vale spent $16,616 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 85% of the other Oklahoma districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $12,870). Its 3 schools enrolled 456 students in 2024-25; 14.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,204 per student, down 2.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90% or more (Oklahoma: 81.2%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Oklahoma districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Pioneer-Pleasant Vale in enrollment (459 to 473 students) and Pioneer-Pleasant Vale itself.

Current spending per student, Oklahoma districts closest in size to Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, FY23Pioneer-Pleasant Vale $16,616; Thomas Fay Custer Unified Schools $15,959; Ninnekah Public Schools $13,575; Wright City Public Schools $12,983; Rattan Public School $12,627; Velma-Alma $11,675; Laverne Public Schools $10,923; Central $10,854; Wilson Public Schools $10,729; Fletcher Public Schools $10,486; State median, under 1,000 students $12,870.8k10k12k14k16k18kPioneer-Pleasant Vale$16,616Thomas Fay Custer Unified Scho…$15,959Ninnekah Public Schools$13,575Wright City Public Schools$12,983Rattan Public School$12,627Velma-Alma$11,675Laverne Public Schools$10,923Central$10,854Wilson Public Schools$10,729Fletcher Public Schools$10,486State median, under 1,000 students $12,870
Current spending per student, Oklahoma districts closest in size to Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, FY23Pioneer-Pleasant Vale $16,616; Thomas Fay Custer Unified Schools $15,959; Ninnekah Public Schools $13,575; Wright City Public Schools $12,983; Rattan Public School $12,627; Velma-Alma $11,675; Laverne Public Schools $10,923; Central $10,854; Wilson Public Schools $10,729; Fletcher Public Schools $10,486; State median, under 1,000 students $12,870.8k10k12k14k16k18kPioneer-Pleasant Vale$16,616Thomas Fay Custer Unified Schools$15,959Ninnekah Public Schools$13,575Wright City Public Schools$12,983Rattan Public School$12,627Velma-Alma$11,675Laverne Public Schools$10,923Central$10,854Wilson Public Schools$10,729Fletcher Public Schools$10,486State median, under 1,000 students $12,870
Current spending per student, Oklahoma districts closest in size to Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, FY23Pioneer-Pleasant Vale $16,616; Thomas Fay Custer Unified Schools $15,959; Ninnekah Public Schools $13,575; Wright City Public Schools $12,983; Rattan Public School $12,627; Velma-Alma $11,675; Laverne Public Schools $10,923; Central $10,854; Wilson Public Schools $10,729; Fletcher Public Schools $10,486; State median, under 1,000 students $12,870.8k12k16k18kPioneer-Pleasant Vale$16,616Thomas Fay Custer Unified Schools$15,959Ninnekah Public Schools$13,575Wright City Public Schools$12,983Rattan Public School$12,627Velma-Alma$11,675Laverne Public Schools$10,923Central$10,854Wilson Public Schools$10,729Fletcher Public Schools$10,486State median, under 1,000 students $12,870
Current spending per student, Oklahoma districts closest in size to Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, FY23Pioneer-Pleasant Vale $16,616; Thomas Fay Custer Unified Schools $15,959; Ninnekah Public Schools $13,575; Wright City Public Schools $12,983; Rattan Public School $12,627; Velma-Alma $11,675; Laverne Public Schools $10,923; Central $10,854; Wilson Public Schools $10,729; Fletcher Public Schools $10,486; State median, under 1,000 students $12,870.8k12k16k18kPioneer-Pleasant Vale$16,616Thomas Fay Custer Unified Schools$15,959Ninnekah Public Schools$13,575Wright City Public Schools$12,983Rattan Public School$12,627Velma-Alma$11,675Laverne Public Schools$10,923Central$10,854Wilson Public Schools$10,729Fletcher Public Schools$10,486State median, under 1,000 students $12,870

Where the money came from

$7,773,000 in revenue: 14.0% state, 68.8% local and 17.3% federal. Total spending including $176,000 of capital outlay was $7,950,000, or $17,060 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Pioneer-Pleasant Vale revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $1,087,000; Local $5,345,000; Federal $1,341,000; total $7,773,000.
  • State$1,087,000 14%
  • Local$5,345,000 69%
  • Federal$1,341,000 17%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 408 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

466 students in 2022-23, 489 students in 2023-24, 456 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Pioneer-Pleasant Vale enrollment by school year2022-23: 466, 2023-24: 489, 2024-25: 45602004006002022-234662023-244892024-25456
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale enrollment by school year2022-23: 466, 2023-24: 489, 2024-25: 45602004006002022-234662023-244892024-25456
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale enrollment by school year2022-23: 466, 2023-24: 489, 2024-25: 45602004006002022-234662023-244892024-25456
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale enrollment by school year2022-23: 466, 2023-24: 489, 2024-25: 45602004006002022-234662023-244892024-25456

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2346639.311.9
2023-2448939.012.5
2024-2545639.511.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$1,959,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,204 per student

Pioneer-Pleasant Vale booked $1,959,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 39 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $49,860 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 68 in 100 Oklahoma districts with a figure (state median $48,166, 514 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Oklahoma teacher salary at $54,804 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$1,562,00079.7%
Special education$199,00010.2%
Vocational$64,0003.3%
Other programs$134,0006.8%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,900 in 2018-19, $3,980 in 2019-20, $4,294 in 2020-21, $4,326 in 2021-22, $4,204 in 2022-23.

Pioneer-Pleasant Vale teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,900, 2019-20: $3,980, 2020-21: $4,294, 2021-22: $4,326, 2022-23: $4,20402k4k6k2018-19$3,9002019-20$3,9802020-21$4,2942021-22$4,3262022-23$4,204
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,900, 2019-20: $3,980, 2020-21: $4,294, 2021-22: $4,326, 2022-23: $4,20402k4k6k2018-19$3,9002019-20$3,9802020-21$4,2942021-22$4,3262022-23$4,204
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,900, 2019-20: $3,980, 2020-21: $4,294, 2021-22: $4,326, 2022-23: $4,20402k4k6k2018-19$3,9002019-20$3,9802020-21$4,2942021-22$4,3262022-23$4,204
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,900, 2019-20: $3,980, 2020-21: $4,294, 2021-22: $4,326, 2022-23: $4,20402k4k6k2018-19$3,9002019-20$3,9802020-21$4,2942021-22$4,3262022-23$4,204

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale scored proficient or above: 31% in reading and 33% in math, against 27.2% in reading and 24.9% in math across Oklahoma. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Oklahoma, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtOklahomaStudents tested
Reading and language arts31%27.2%236
Math33%24.9%236

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

90% or more of the 34 students in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 81.2% across Oklahoma. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtOklahoma
Four-year graduation rate90% or more81.2%
Students in the class3452,179

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 262 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Elementary School26211.6not reportedSchoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 76 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Junior High School769.4not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 118 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School11813.4not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Pioneer-Pleasant Vale

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Pioneer-Pleasant Vale

  1. Oklahoma districts by spending per studentPioneer-Pleasant Vale ranks 63 of 408 Oklahoma districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($16,616).#63 of 408
  2. Every school district in OklahomaPioneer-Pleasant Vale is the number 252 by size of 544 Oklahoma districts, with 466 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#252 of 544
  3. Laverne Public SchoolsThe next larger Oklahoma district: 468 students in fall 2022, $10,923 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,923
  4. Thomas Fay Custer Unified SchoolsThe next smaller Oklahoma district: 465 students in fall 2022, $15,959 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,959
  5. Compare Pioneer-Pleasant Vale with Laverne Public SchoolsEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School, its largest high school118 students in 2024-25, 13.4 per teacher.118
  7. Teacher salary spending across OklahomaPioneer-Pleasant Vale spent $49,860 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $48,166); spending, not a salary.$49,860
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Pioneer-Pleasant Vale

  1. How many schools and students are in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 456 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Pioneer-Pleasant Vale spend per student?
    $16,616 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Oklahoma median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,870 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,204 per student, down 2.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Pioneer-Pleasant Vale's money come from?
    $7,773,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 14.0% state, 68.8% local and 17.3% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 62 of the 399 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 15.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Pioneer-Pleasant Vale spend on teacher salaries?
    $1,959,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,204 per student. Divided by the 39 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $49,860 per teacher, more than 68 in 100 Oklahoma districts (state median $48,166). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Oklahoma teacher salary at $54,804 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale scored proficient or above: 31% in reading and 33% in math, against 27.2% in reading and 24.9% in math across Oklahoma. Oklahoma's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale?
    90% or more of the 34 students in Pioneer-Pleasant Vale's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 81.2% across Oklahoma. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Pioneer-Pleasant Vale's NCES district ID?
    4024510. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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