JAMES L. CAPPS MS

JAMES L. CAPPS MS operates as an expansive intermediate school in Warr Acres, Oklahoma, one of the schools within PUTNAM CITY. Current enrollment sits at 938 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 142% bigger than the state mean of about 388.

PUTNAM CITY runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 18,836 students. JAMES L. CAPPS MS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, JAMES L. CAPPS MS records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% Black, 19% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, JAMES L. CAPPS MS shows 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, JAMES L. CAPPS MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 26.6%; actual is 11.7%, a gap of -14.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oklahoma County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JAMES L. CAPPS MS is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

The closest other public school is TULAKES ES, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JAMES L. CAPPS MS comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

JAMES L. CAPPS MS operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. JAMES L. CAPPS MS's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 931 (now 938). The White share of enrollment fell from 30% to 19% over that span.

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