HIGHLAND WEST JHS

HIGHLAND WEST JHS operates as a mid-sized junior high in Moore, Oklahoma, operated by MOORE. Current enrollment sits at 479 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so HIGHLAND WEST JHS sits 23% above that benchmark.

MOORE comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 23,567 students; HIGHLAND WEST JHS is among them.

On the student-mix side, HIGHLAND WEST JHS reports that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 13% Black, 4% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages about 15.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cleveland County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGHLAND WEST JHS is in the bottom 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.0%; HIGHLAND WEST JHS posts 17.2%, -14.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cleveland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,068 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cleveland County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,218 students), HIGHLAND WEST JHS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SANTA FE ES, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGHLAND WEST JHS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.3%.

HIGHLAND WEST JHS operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 537 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 19% to 32%.

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