ADA JHS

Located at 223 West 18th Street, in Ada, Oklahoma, ADA JHS is a mid-sized junior high that caters to 581 students (grades 7 through 9), one of the schools within ADA. That puts it 50% above the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

Across the 6 schools in ADA (2,696 students total), ADA JHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ADA JHS records that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 22% Native American, 20% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Pontotoc County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ADA JHS has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, ADA JHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -11.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pontotoc County) records that the typical household earns roughly $63,017 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pontotoc County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,104 students), of which ADA JHS is one.

Nearest neighbor: WASHINGTON ES, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ADA JHS. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ADA JHS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADA JHS has ticked up 8%, going from 536 students in 2018 to 581 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 39% across the same window.

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