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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BLANCHARD MS this year?
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Enrollment
454
Middle
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLANCHARD·NCES 400468002240
Blanchard Middle School
610 NE 7th Street, Blanchard, OK 73010 · (405) 485-3393 · McClain County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
171 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 166 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 140 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Blanchard Middle School→Blanchard High School
Based on grade levels within BLANCHARD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.1%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
38.2%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Blanchard Middle School
Blanchard Middle School's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard Middle School this school | 454 | 37.7% | 40.1% |
| Newcastle Middle School Newcastle | 599 | 33.6% | 25.6% |
| Choctaw Middle School Choctaw | 687 | 36.5% | 28.7% |
| Tuttle Middle School Tuttle | 438 | 32.4% | 39.7% |
| Bridge Creek Middle School Blanchard | 458 | 44.1% | 33.7% |
| Lindsay Middle School Lindsay | 313 | 41.2% | 32.3% |
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 Blanchard Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In McClain County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #32 of 222 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #44 of 223 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #31 of 211 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #116 of 356 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #172 of 237 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #204 of 237 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #282 of 308 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #85 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
454
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+43% since 2000-01, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 454 | 26.3 | 17.3:1 | 38% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 24.6 | 18.8:1 | 39% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 25.3 | 18.9:1 | 32% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 30% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 22.1 | 20.4:1 | 41% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 43% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | 42% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 19% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blanchard Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (451 to 454); teachers up 19% (22.1 to 26.3).
About Blanchard Middle School
Blanchard Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 454 students enrolled.
Blanchard Middle School is part of a district of 4 schools: BLANCHARD, with 2,230 students.
At Blanchard Middle School, White students make up 67% of the student body. Next come 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 7% Native American. The county population is about 78% White. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.3 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 38%.
Blanchard Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Oklahoma public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Blanchard Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Oklahoma schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.1%; the prediction is 42.7%.
Blanchard Middle School is located in McClain County, where the median household income is $84,552, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Blanchard Middle School, McClain County has 20 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Blanchard Intermediate Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.4%; Blanchard Middle School's is 40.1%, ranking 3rd of 5.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (450) and 2024-25 (454).
Discussions about Blanchard Middle School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
McClain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,273
Census ACS
Median income
$84,552
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
8,736 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BLANCHARD
- Blanchard High SchoolHigh · 773 students
- Blanchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Blanchard Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
Other schools in Blanchard
- Blanchard High SchoolHigh · 773 students
- Bridge Creek High SchoolHigh · 559 students
- Blanchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Bridge Creek Early ChildhoodElementary · 492 students
- Blanchard Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Bridge Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 458 students
Other Blanchard Middle schools
One other US public school is named Blanchard Middle. Blanchard Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Blanchard MiddleWestford, MA · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Blanchard Intermediate Elementary School0.2 mi · 460
- Blanchard Elementary School0.7 mi · 543
- Blanchard High School1.1 mi · 773
- Middleberg Public School5.4 mi · 309
- Bridge Creek Early Childhood7.4 mi · 492
- Bridge Creek Intermediate Elementary School7.4 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Blanchard Middle SchoolHow many students attend Blanchard Middle School?
Blanchard Middle School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades 06-08.
Is Blanchard Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blanchard Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Blanchard Middle School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Blanchard Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blanchard Middle School?
At Blanchard Middle School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Blanchard Middle School?
Blanchard Middle School is overseen by BLANCHARD in McClain County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.