CENTRAL MS

As a sprawling middle school in Edmond, Oklahoma, CENTRAL MS teaches 1,036 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within EDMOND. Enrollment runs roughly 167% above the state mean of about 388.

Within EDMOND, which oversees 28 schools and 25,746 students, CENTRAL MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CENTRAL MS shows that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder looks like 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.7:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTRAL MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate median household income runs about $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), CENTRAL MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLEGERN ES, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRAL MS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CENTRAL MS's enrollment has climbed 44% since 2018, when it stood at 721 (now 1,036). White enrollment moved from 67% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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