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Etta Dale Junior High School

601 S Choctaw, El Reno, OK 73036 · (405) 262-3253 · Canadian County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Oklahoma public middle schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
438
Middle
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 388
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
351 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 720847%
Grade 823053%
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 73% · US 70%
White
15836%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
13832%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 21% · US 30%
Black
102%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 8% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
7417%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 14% · US 5%
Native American
5513%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 11% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
22952%
Female
20948%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Etta Dale Junior High School→El Reno High School
Feeds from
Leslie F Roblyer Learning Center05–06
Based on grade levels within EL RENO. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
16.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
15.0%
OK avg 32.6%

What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Etta Dale Junior High School

Etta Dale Junior High School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Etta Dale Junior High School this school43880.1%20.9%
Leslie F Roblyer Learning Center
El Reno
38880.9%16.5%
Pauls Valley Intermediate School
Pauls Valley
28976.5%39.0%
Pauls Valley Junior High School
Pauls Valley
32273.6%22.3%
Emerson Middle School
Enid
35389.5%17.5%
Madill Middle School
Madill
36677.3%12.5%
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 Etta Dale Junior High School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OklahomaIn Canadian County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
20.9%#191 of 222#13 of 14
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
15.0%#186 of 223#13 of 14
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
16.0%#193 of 211#13 of 13
Enrollment
ranked largest first
438#120 of 356#13 of 14
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.0:1#122 of 237#5 of 14
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
72.6%#41 of 237#1 of 14
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
80.1%#73 of 308#2 of 14
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+21.0%#27 of 89N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
438
+27 (+7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2543827.416.0:180% (351)
2023-244252517.0:180% (341)
2022-2344422.719.5:179% (351)
2020-214112615.8:177% (317)
2017-1836222.216.3:178% (283)
2015-163472116.5:186% (298)
2010-111661312.8:165% (108)
2000-014583015.3:158% (267)
1990-915243315.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Etta Dale Junior High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 21% (362 to 438); teachers up 23% (22.2 to 27.4).

About Etta Dale Junior High School

Etta Dale Junior High School is a middle school in El Reno, Oklahoma, according to federal school records. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 438 students in grades 7 through 8.

District-wide, EL RENO has 6 schools and 2,937 students.

At Etta Dale Junior High School, the largest share of students is White, at 36%. Next come 32% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 13% Native American, and 2% Black. The county population is about 73% White. Etta Dale Junior High School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.

Teacher staffing is 27.4 full-time equivalents, or about 16.0 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Oklahoma average 15.7:1. About 80% of students, or 351, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Canadian County average 49%.

allk12 grades Etta Dale Junior High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

In Oklahoma, Etta Dale Junior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 20.9% actual against a predicted 28.1%.

In Canadian County (population about 168,985), the median household income is $87,751, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 49 public schools in Canadian County, enrolling about 32,883 students in all.

The closest public school to Etta Dale Junior High School is El Reno High School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Etta Dale Junior High School ranks 5th on average proficiency.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.

Over 4 years, Etta Dale Junior High School's enrollment grew 7%, to 438.

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Canadian County at a glance

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Population
168,985
Census ACS
Median income
$87,751
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
32,883 students

Quick facts

School name
Etta Dale Junior High School
District
EL RENO
Address
601 S Choctaw, El Reno, OK 73036
Phone
(405) 262-3253
County
Canadian County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
438
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
16.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
351 (80%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
401065000485
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Etta Dale Junior High School
How large is Etta Dale Junior High School?
Etta Dale Junior High School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 07-08.
Is Etta Dale Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Etta Dale Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Etta Dale Junior High School have?
Etta Dale Junior High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Etta Dale Junior High School?
At Etta Dale Junior High School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Etta Dale Junior High School public or private?
Etta Dale Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL RENO.
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