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Enrollment
488
Middle
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSHING·NCES 400924000388
Cushing Middle School
521 South Harmony Road, Cushing, OK 74023 · (918) 225-1311 · Payne County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
246 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 5 | 119 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 129 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 123 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 24% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Cushing Middle School→Cushing High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CUSHING. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.4%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
27.7%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Cushing Middle School
Cushing Middle School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing Middle School this school | 488 | 50.4% | 28.3% |
| Harrah Middle School Harrah | 479 | 52.6% | 26.9% |
| Perkins-Tryon Middle School PERKINS | 330 | 49.4% | 22.3% |
| Lone Grove Middle School Lone Grove | 306 | 51.3% | 34.6% |
| Marlow Middle School Marlow | 282 | 51.4% | 32.3% |
| Bridge Creek Middle School Blanchard | 458 | 44.1% | 33.7% |
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 Cushing Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #135 of 222 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #106 of 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #148 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #106 of 356 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #37 of 237 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #212 of 237 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #234 of 308 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #43 of 113 |
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
488
+73 (+18%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 488 | 35.8 | 13.7:1 | 50% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 36.8 | 13.6:1 | 63% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 37.5 | 12.5:1 | 55% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 36 | 11.5:1 | 43% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 33.9 | 16.6:1 | 60% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 65% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 63% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 58% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 23 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cushing Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (563 to 488); teachers up 5% (33.9 to 35.8).
About Cushing Middle School
Cushing Middle School, located in Cushing, Oklahoma, is a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 488 students. Middle schools in Oklahoma have about 388 students on average; enrollment here is 26% higher.
District-wide, CUSHING has 5 schools and 1,681 students.
The student body at Cushing Middle School is 68% White. Other reported shares: 14% multiracial, 9% Native American, and 7% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Cushing Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1, with 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Oklahoma, 15.7:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 50% at Cushing Middle School. Public schools in Payne County average a similar 52%.
Cushing Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.3%) and its predicted rate (38.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Oklahoma schools.
In the wider Payne County area, the median household earns about $49,809 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Cushing Middle School shares Payne County with 25 other public schools.
Cushing High School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Cushing Middle School ranks 4th of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.3% against a local average of 37.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 73 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 11.5:1 to 13.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Payne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,972
Census ACS
Median income
$49,809
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSHING
- Cushing High SchoolHigh · 521 students
- Cushing Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Cushing Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
- Cushing Pre-Kindergarten SchlElementary · 89 students
Other schools in Cushing
- Cushing High SchoolHigh · 521 students
- Cushing Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Cushing Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
- Oak Grove Public SchoolElementary · 154 students
- Cushing Pre-Kindergarten SchlElementary · 89 students
Nearby schools
- Cushing High School0.4 mi · 521
- Cushing Lower Elementary School0.9 mi · 223
- Cushing Upper Elementary School1.8 mi · 360
- Cushing Pre-Kindergarten Schl2.9 mi · 89
- Oak Grove Public School5.4 mi · 154
- Bradley Elementary School6.9 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Cushing Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cushing Middle School?
Cushing Middle School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades 05-08.
Is Cushing Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cushing Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Cushing Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Cushing Middle School.
How diverse is Cushing Middle School?
Cushing Middle School reports a student body of 68% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Cushing Middle School public or private?
Cushing Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CUSHING.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.