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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADA·NCES 400243000725
Ada Junior High School
223 West 18th Street, Ada, OK 74820 · (580) 310-7260 · Pontotoc County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
343 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 199 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 190 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ada Junior High School→Ada High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ADA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
18.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ada Junior High School
Ada Junior High School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Junior High School this school | 581 | 59.0% | 24.0% |
| Pryor Middle School Pryor | 626 | 59.1% | 25.8% |
| Durant Middle School Durant | 614 | 62.5% | 27.6% |
| Will Rogers Junior High School Claremore | 792 | 59.6% | 22.6% |
| Byng Elementary School Ada | 382 | 56.3% | 38.0% |
| Longfellow Middle School Norman | 708 | 56.2% | 24.2% |
Matched among Oklahoma middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ada Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Pontotoc County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #170 of 222 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #173 of 223 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #170 of 211 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #85 of 356 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #33 of 237 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #36 of 237 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #201 of 308 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #55 of 89 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
581
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 581 | 43.3 | 13.4:1 | 59% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 42.2 | 13.8:1 | 67% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 44.6 | 13.6:1 | 60% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 61% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 42.9 | 12.5:1 | 59% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 46 | 11.6:1 | 59% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 46 | 11.7:1 | 58% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 48% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ada Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (536 to 581); teachers up 1% (42.9 to 43.3).
About Ada Junior High School
Ada Junior High School serves students in Ada, Oklahoma, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. It enrolled 581 students in grades 7 through 9 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Oklahoma average about 388 students each.
ADA includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 2,696 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Ada Junior High School. The largest is White students, at 39%. The remaining shares are 22% Native American, 20% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Pontotoc County's population at about 64%. Ada Junior High School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.4:1, with 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 59%.
Ada Junior High School is 11.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (24.0% versus 35.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oklahoma.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Pontotoc County show that the median household income is $63,017, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ada Junior High School is one of 23 public schools in the county.
Washington Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Ada Junior High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ada Junior High School is 4th of 5 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Remote.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Ada Junior High School had 547 students, to 2024-25, when it had 581.
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Pontotoc County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,235
Census ACS
Median income
$63,017
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ADA
- Ada High SchoolHigh · 576 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolMiddle · 373 students
- Ada Ec CenterElementary · 360 students
Other schools in Ada
- Ada High SchoolHigh · 576 students
- Latta Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Homer Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Vanoss Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.3 mi · 392
- Hayes Elementary School0.8 mi · 414
- Ada Ec Center1.0 mi · 360
- Willard Elementary School1.1 mi · 373
- Ada High School1.4 mi · 576
- Latta Middle School1.7 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About Ada Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ada Junior High School?
Ada Junior High School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Ada Junior High School serve?
Ada Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ada Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ada Junior High School is approximately 13.4:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ada Junior High School?
Student demographics at Ada Junior High School are roughly 39% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Ada Junior High School?
Ada Junior High School is overseen by ADA in Pontotoc County.
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