DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS

DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS operates as a modestly sized middle school in Warr Acress, Oklahoma, run under DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER). Current enrollment sits at 313 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER), which oversees 5 schools and 2,052 students, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 30% Black, 22% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS ranks in the top 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 28.2%; DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS posts 44.4%, +16.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

The closest other public school is DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ES, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY MS's enrollment has grew 29% since 2018, when it stood at 243 (now 313). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 76% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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