JONES MS

Set in Jones, Oklahoma, JONES MS is a close-knit junior high, run under JONES. It instructs 237 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

Across the 3 schools in JONES (1,170 students total), JONES MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, JONES MS reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 8% Native American, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Oklahoma County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JONES MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 32.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,679, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oklahoma County runs 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), of which JONES MS is one.

JONES HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around JONES MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JONES MS at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 254 students in 2018 compared to 237 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 57% across the same window.

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