6TH AND 7TH GRADE ACADEMY

Located at 300 Virgil Matthews Dr, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, 6TH AND 7TH GRADE ACADEMY is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that enrolls 551 students (grades 6 through 7), run under MUSKOGEE. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 388.

Across the 10 schools in MUSKOGEE (4,770 students total), 6TH AND 7TH GRADE ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, 6TH AND 7TH GRADE ACADEMY reports that the most-represented group is multiracial (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 23% White, 21% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.7:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at 6TH AND 7TH GRADE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Muskogee County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Muskogee County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $53,619 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. 6TH AND 7TH GRADE ACADEMY is one of 36 public schools in Muskogee County (combined enrollment of about 11,911 students).

PERSHING ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. 6TH AND 7TH GRADE ACADEMY's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 732 (now 551). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 17% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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