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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMBER-POCASSET·NCES 400291000047

AMBER-POCASSET MS

401 E Main, Amber, OK 73004 · (405) 224-5768 · Grady County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL43 STUDENTS
Enrollment
43
Middle
DISTRICT 137 · STATE 388
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
24 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 7
27
Grade 8
16
Student demographics
White
3377%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 43%
Hispanic
49%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 21%
Two+
614%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 14%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
1944%
Female
2456%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
AMBER-POCASSET MSAMBER-POCASSET HS
Feeds from
AMBER-POCASSET ESPK06
Based on grade levels within AMBER-POCASSET. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
32.5%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
37.0%
OK avg 32.6%

What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
43
-85 (-66%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 16.2:1
% White
77%
was 78%
% Hispanic
9%
was 8%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About AMBER-POCASSET MS

Located at 401 E Main, in Amber, Oklahoma, AMBER-POCASSET MS is a rural-scale 6-8 campus that caters to 43 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by AMBER-POCASSET. That puts it 89% leaner than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

Within AMBER-POCASSET, which oversees 3 schools and 412 students, AMBER-POCASSET MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, AMBER-POCASSET MS lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, AMBER-POCASSET MS shows 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, AMBER-POCASSET MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 34.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Grady County put the typical household earns roughly $75,419 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. AMBER-POCASSET MS is one of 33 public schools in Grady County (combined enrollment of about 9,669 students).

Nearest neighbor: AMBER-POCASSET HS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AMBER-POCASSET MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AMBER-POCASSET MS has edged down 66%, going from 128 students in 2018 to 43 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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Grady County at a glance

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Population
56,606
Census ACS
Median income
$75,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
9,669 students

Quick facts

School name
AMBER-POCASSET MS
District
AMBER-POCASSET
Address
401 E Main, Amber, OK 73004
Phone
(405) 224-5768
County
Grady County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
43
Teachers (FTE)
6
Student–teacher ratio
6.8:1
Free/Reduced lunch
24 (56%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
400291000047
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About AMBER-POCASSET MS
What is the total enrollment at AMBER-POCASSET MS?
AMBER-POCASSET MS enrolls approximately 43 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does AMBER-POCASSET MS serve?
AMBER-POCASSET MS serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at AMBER-POCASSET MS?
Approximately 6.8:1 students per teacher at AMBER-POCASSET MS.
How diverse is AMBER-POCASSET MS?
AMBER-POCASSET MS reports a student body of 77% White, 9% Hispanic, 14% Two or more.
What district is AMBER-POCASSET MS in?
AMBER-POCASSET MS is part of AMBER-POCASSET.
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