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Enrollment
735
Middle
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENID·NCES 401092000510
Dewitt Waller Middle School
2604 West Randolph Avenue, Enid, OK 73703 · (580) 366-7900 · Garfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
18.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
496 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 233 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 252 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 250 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Dewitt Waller Middle School→Enid High School
Based on grade levels within ENID. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
22.7%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
25.5%
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 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Dewitt Waller Middle School
Dewitt Waller Middle School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewitt Waller Middle School this school | 735 | 67.5% | 25.8% |
| Duncan Middle School Duncan | 696 | 68.8% | 27.2% |
| Independence Intermediate Schl Yukon | 794 | 64.4% | 29.3% |
| Madison Middle School Bartlesville | 682 | 68.9% | 25.7% |
| Durant Middle School Durant | 614 | 62.5% | 27.6% |
| Guthrie Upper Elementary School Guthrie | 534 | 66.5% | 20.7% |
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 Dewitt Waller Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #152 of 222 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #123 of 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #153 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #48 of 356 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #195 of 237 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #108 of 237 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #153 of 308 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #107 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
735
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 735 | 40.2 | 18.3:1 | 67% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 37.6 | 19.5:1 | 68% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 38.5 | 19.1:1 | 59% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 57% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 35.2 | 21.3:1 | 55% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 54% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 58% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 27% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 39 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dewitt Waller Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (750 to 735); teachers up 14% (35.2 to 40.2).
About Dewitt Waller Middle School
Dewitt Waller Middle School sits in Enid, Oklahoma, and is classified as a middle school. The school's 735 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Oklahoma average about 388 students each.
ENID runs 15 schools with a combined 7,381 students. Dewitt Waller Middle School is one of them.
Dewitt Waller Middle School's enrollment is 51% White. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Pacific Islander, and 2% Black. In Garfield County overall, about 73% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Dewitt Waller Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Dewitt Waller Middle School's 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Oklahoma average 15.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 67%.
allk12 grades Dewitt Waller Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Dewitt Waller Middle School, the prediction is 32.5% and the result is 25.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Garfield County show that median household income is about $66,182, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 34 public schools in Garfield County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,724.
Hoover Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Dewitt Waller Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 37.7%, higher than Dewitt Waller Middle School's 25.8%.
The NCES locale for Dewitt Waller Middle School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 722 to 735.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
10,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ENID
- Enid High SchoolHigh · 2,157 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Coolidge Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Enid
- Enid High SchoolHigh · 2,157 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Chisholm Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Coolidge Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Hoover Elementary School0.2 mi · 271
- McKinley Elementary School0.7 mi · 224
- Glenwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 399
- Hayes Elementary School1.3 mi · 274
- Emerson Middle School1.4 mi · 353
- Taft Elementary School1.4 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Dewitt Waller Middle SchoolHow many students attend Dewitt Waller Middle School?
Dewitt Waller Middle School enrolls approximately 735 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Dewitt Waller Middle School serve?
Dewitt Waller Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dewitt Waller Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dewitt Waller Middle School is approximately 18.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dewitt Waller Middle School?
Dewitt Waller Middle School reports a student body of 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Dewitt Waller Middle School?
Dewitt Waller Middle School is overseen by ENID in Garfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.