LATTA MS

LATTA MS operates as a close-knit middle school in Ada, Oklahoma, operated by LATTA. Current enrollment sits at 190 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 388.

LATTA comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 934 students; LATTA MS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LATTA MS shows that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 24% Native American, 22% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Pontotoc County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting LATTA MS higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, LATTA MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 35.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pontotoc County) logs that median household income runs about $63,017, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Pontotoc County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,104 students), LATTA MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LATTA HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LATTA MS. On composite proficiency, LATTA MS comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LATTA MS has rose 10%, going from 173 students in 2018 to 190 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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