CENTRAL JHS

Located at 400 North Broadway Street, in Moore, Oklahoma, CENTRAL JHS is a mid-sized middle school that enrolls 574 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within MOORE. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so CENTRAL JHS sits 48% above that benchmark.

Within MOORE, which oversees 34 schools and 23,567 students, CENTRAL JHS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CENTRAL JHS lists that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 11% Black, 6% Native American. By comparison, Cleveland County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, CENTRAL JHS shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cleveland County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL JHS is in the bottom 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.9%; CENTRAL JHS posts 19.4%, -14.6 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cleveland County put the typical household earns roughly $77,068 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Cleveland County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,218 students), of which CENTRAL JHS is one.

Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL ES, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL JHS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTRAL JHS at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 29.4%.

CENTRAL JHS operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 574 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.