DUNCAN MS

DUNCAN MS is one of the substantial middle-grades schools in Duncan, Oklahoma, one of the schools within DUNCAN, with 696 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 388 students per school, that is 79% larger than typical.

DUNCAN runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,278 students. DUNCAN MS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, DUNCAN MS lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 22% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Black. By comparison, Stephens County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, DUNCAN MS shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stephens County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DUNCAN MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Stephens County put the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Stephens County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students), DUNCAN MS is one campus in the mix.

HORACE MANN ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around DUNCAN MS. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DUNCAN MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 707 students in 2018 compared to 696 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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