Enrollment
229
Middle
DISTRICT 275 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAY·NCES 401569000737
Jay Middle School
470 East Monroe, Jay, OK 74346 · (918) 253-8510 · Delaware County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
176 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 117 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 49% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 73% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jay Middle School→Jay High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within JAY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
13.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
19.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Jay Middle School
Jay Middle School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Middle School this school | 229 | 76.9% | 25.3% |
| Jay Upper Elementary School Jay | 321 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Glenpool Intermediate School Glenpool | 438 | 64.4% | 31.0% |
| Glenpool Middle School Glenpool | 407 | 63.4% | 19.1% |
| Westville Junior High School Westville | 132 | 76.5% | N/A |
| Ewing Halsell Middle School Vinita | 277 | 70.8% | 34.9% |
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 Jay Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #161 of 222 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #165 of 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #204 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 229 | #223 of 356 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #24 of 237 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #116 of 237 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #93 of 308 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.6% | #3 of 113 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
229
-148 (-39%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 229 | 17.5 | 13.1:1 | 77% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 20 | 10.7:1 | 81% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 76% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 78% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 21.6 | 17.6:1 | 100% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 78% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | 16 | 14.9:1 | 79% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 72% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 17 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jay Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (379 to 229); teachers down 19% (21.6 to 17.5).
About Jay Middle School
In Jay, Oklahoma, part of Delaware County, Jay Middle School is a middle school. The school serves grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 229 students. By comparison, middle schools in Oklahoma enroll about 388 students on average.
Jay Middle School is run by JAY, whose 4 schools enroll 1,559 students.
Native American students are 52% of those enrolled at Jay Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 23% White, 10% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
With 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.1:1. Middle schools in Oklahoma have an average ratio of 15.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Jay Middle School, 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 78% average for public schools in Delaware County.
A school with Jay Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Oklahoma is predicted to score 29.3%. Jay Middle School scores 25.3%, 3.9 points below that line.
The county, Delaware County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $56,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Jay Middle School, Delaware County has 19 public schools.
Jay Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Jay Upper Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jay Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 39% over 4 years, reaching 229 in 2024-25. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Jay Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,279
Census ACS
Median income
$56,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JAY
- Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Jay High SchoolHigh · 471 students
- Jay Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 321 students
Other schools in Jay
- Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Jay High SchoolHigh · 471 students
- Jay Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Jay Upper Elementary School0.1 mi · 321
- Jay High School0.1 mi · 471
- Jay Elementary School0.2 mi · 538
- Grove Lower Elementary School10.9 mi · 789
- Grove Middle School11.0 mi · 365
- Grove Upper Elementary School11.0 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Jay Middle SchoolHow large is Jay Middle School?
Jay Middle School enrolls approximately 229 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Jay Middle School serve?
Jay Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jay Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jay Middle School is approximately 13.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jay Middle School?
At Jay Middle School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Jay Middle School public or private?
Jay Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by JAY.
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