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Enrollment
708
Middle
DISTRICT 813 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORMAN·NCES 402172002117
Alcott Middle School
1919 West Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73069 · (405) 366-5845 · Cleveland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL708 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
334 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 6 | 224 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
26.3%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Alcott Middle School
Alcott Middle School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcott Middle School this school | 708 | 47.2% | 32.5% |
| Mustang Middle School Mustang | 695 | 44.5% | 37.4% |
| Childers Middle School Broken Arrow | 812 | 47.5% | 22.4% |
| Cache Middle School Cache | 620 | 42.4% | 32.3% |
| Mustang Horizon Intermediate Elementary School Mustang | 698 | 47.1% | 31.5% |
| Donald P Sloat Junior High School Coweta | 541 | 46.6% | 21.4% |
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 Alcott Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Cleveland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #88 of 222 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #116 of 223 | #5 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #40 of 211 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 708 | #55 of 356 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #145 of 237 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #135 of 237 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #249 of 308 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #88 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
708
+43 (+6%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 708 | 42.3 | 16.8:1 | 47% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 43.8 | 16.3:1 | 54% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 40.9 | 17.4:1 | 50% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 47% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 44.1 | 16.0:1 | 46% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 50% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 41% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 20% (134) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alcott Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (704 to 708); teachers down 4% (44.1 to 42.3).
About Alcott Middle School
Alcott Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school serving families in Norman, Oklahoma. The latest federal count shows 708 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 388-student average for middle schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 82% higher.
The district, NORMAN, operates 25 schools serving 16,048 students.
White students account for 54% of enrollment at Alcott Middle School. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Native American. For comparison, the population of Cleveland County is roughly 70% White. Alcott Middle School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Alcott Middle School employs 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Oklahoma is 15.7:1, lower than at this school. Alcott Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%.
The allk12 Grade for Alcott Middle School is B-. Compared with Oklahoma public middle schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Oklahoma schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Alcott Middle School's results are 6.9 points below predicted: 32.5% against 39.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cleveland County show that median household income is about $77,068, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 72 public schools in Cleveland County, with a combined enrollment of about 45,218.
The closest other public school is Jackson Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Alcott Middle School is 6th of 6 on proficiency.
Alcott Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Alcott Middle School saw enrollment rise 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 15.5:1 in 2020-21 and 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,047
Census ACS
Median income
$77,068
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
45,218 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORMAN
- Norman North High SchoolHigh · 2,400 students
- Norman High SchoolHigh · 2,100 students
- Whittier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Dimensions AcademyElementary · 738 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolMiddle · 708 students
Other schools in Norman
- Norman North High SchoolHigh · 2,400 students
- Norman High SchoolHigh · 2,100 students
- Whittier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Dimensions AcademyElementary · 738 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolMiddle · 708 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Elementary School0.4 mi · 434
- Whittier Middle School0.4 mi · 1,108
- Cleveland Elementary School0.9 mi · 514
- Norman High School0.9 mi · 2,100
- Monroe Elementary School1.0 mi · 452
- McKinley Elementary School1.0 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Alcott Middle SchoolHow large is Alcott Middle School?
Alcott Middle School enrolls approximately 708 students in grades 06-08.
Is Alcott Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alcott Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Alcott Middle School have?
Alcott Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Alcott Middle School?
Alcott Middle School reports a student body of 54% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Alcott Middle School?
Alcott Middle School is overseen by NORMAN in Cleveland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.