Enrollment
218
Middle
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALE·NCES 400939002681
Dale Middle School
300 Smith Avenue, Dale, OK 74851 · (405) 964-2799 · Pottawatomie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
93 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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 | 79 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 31% |
Student demographics
53%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
Dale Middle School→Dale High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DALE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
25.8%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
26.1%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dale Middle School
Dale Middle School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Middle School this school | 218 | 42.7% | 27.1% |
| North Rock Creek Middle School Shawnee | 141 | 43.3% | N/A |
| Sequoyah Middle School Claremore | 284 | 43.7% | 37.0% |
| Lindsay Middle School Lindsay | 313 | 41.2% | 32.3% |
| Prague Middle School Prague | 245 | 50.6% | 28.0% |
| North Rock Creek Intermediate Shawnee | 147 | 46.3% | 44.0% |
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 Dale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Pottawatomie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #142 of 222 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #117 of 223 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #119 of 211 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #229 of 356 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #97 of 237 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #199 of 237 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #267 of 308 | #8 of 8 |
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
218
+39 (+22%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 218 | 14.2 | 15.3:1 | 43% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 14.4 | 13.6:1 | 48% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 14.5 | 12.4:1 | 43% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 12 | 14.9:1 | 28% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 11.9 | 14.4:1 | 34% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 11 | 16.0:1 | 31% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 160 | 11 | 14.6:1 | 39% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (172 to 218); teachers up 19% (11.9 to 14.2).
About Dale Middle School
Dale Middle School is a small middle school with its address in Dale, Oklahoma. The school enrolls 218 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Oklahoma is about 388, so this school runs 44% smaller than that.
DALE has a total of 3 schools and 864 students, Dale Middle School among them.
White students are the majority at Dale Middle School, with 65% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 18% Native American, 10% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 14.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.3:1. That matches the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 43%. That is 23 points below the 66% average for public schools in Pottawatomie County.
Schools in Oklahoma with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 41.0%. Dale Middle School posts 27.1%, 13.9 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Pottawatomie County show that the median household income is $61,398, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. There are 41 public schools in Pottawatomie County, enrolling about 12,326 students in all.
Dale Elementary School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Dale Middle School. The five-mile area around Dale Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Dale Middle School comes in 3rd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Dale Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment grew 22% from its 2020-21 level of 179.
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Pottawatomie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
73,463
Census ACS
Median income
$61,398
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
12,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALE
- Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Dale High SchoolHigh · 237 students
Other schools in Dale
- Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Dale High SchoolHigh · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Dale Elementary School0.0 mi · 409
- Dale High School0.1 mi · 237
- McLoud High School4.1 mi · 490
- McLoud Junior High School4.1 mi · 244
- McLoud Early Childhood Center4.1 mi · 277
- McLoud Elementary School4.2 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Dale Middle SchoolHow many students attend Dale Middle School?
Dale Middle School enrolls approximately 218 students in grades 06-08.
Is Dale Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dale Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Dale Middle School have?
Dale Middle School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Dale Middle School?
Dale Middle School reports a student body of 65% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Dale Middle School public or private?
Dale Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALE.
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