ARDMORE MS

ARDMORE MS is an intermediate school of compact scale in Ardmore, Oklahoma, overseen by ARDMORE, educateing 312 students in grades 7 through 8.

ARDMORE MS is one of 6 schools operated by ARDMORE, a district that serves 2,546 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ARDMORE MS shows that 28% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 25% multiracial, 12% Black, 8% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ARDMORE MS has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting ARDMORE MS higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Carter County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ARDMORE MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.3%; this one delivers 17.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Carter County put median household earnings sit near $60,723, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Carter County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,383 students), ARDMORE MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ARDMORE HS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARDMORE MS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ARDMORE MS has decreased 45%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 47% to 25%.

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