Enrollment
267
Middle
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE AXE·NCES 401788000103
Little Axe Middle School
2000 168th Avenue Northeast, Norman, OK 73026 · (405) 329-2156 · Cleveland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
185 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 6 | 97 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 30% |
Student demographics
65%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
Little Axe Middle School→Little Axe High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LITTLE AXE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
OK avg 30.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Oklahoma average is about 31 of 100.
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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Little Axe Middle School
Little Axe Middle School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Axe Middle School this school | 267 | 69.3% | 43.0% |
| McLoud Junior High School McLoud | 244 | 70.9% | 27.0% |
| Tonkawa Middle School Tonkawa | 194 | 70.1% | N/A |
| Sperry Middle School Sperry | 220 | 66.8% | 33.5% |
| Eufaula Middle School Eufaula | 244 | 68.4% | 39.3% |
| Luther Middle School Luther | 256 | 68.8% | N/A |
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 Little Axe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Cleveland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #20 of 222 | #3 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #114 of 211 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #201 of 356 | #12 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #117 of 237 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #118 of 237 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #132 of 308 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #97 of 113 | #6 of 8 |
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
267
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 267 | 16.8 | 15.9:1 | 69% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | 72% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 19.9 | 12.9:1 | 69% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 73% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 15.4 | 17.9:1 | 74% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 74% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 16 | 15.5:1 | 50% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 50% (142) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Axe Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (276 to 267); teachers up 9% (15.4 to 16.8).
About Little Axe Middle School
Little Axe Middle School is a public small middle school in Norman, Oklahoma. The school serves 267 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Oklahoma is roughly 388 students; this school is 31% smaller than that.
In LITTLE AXE, 3 schools enroll a combined 1,138 students.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at Little Axe Middle School combined. The remaining students are 22% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 12% Native American. Among people living in Cleveland County, the White share is about 70%. Little Axe Middle School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 16.8 full-time equivalents, or about 15.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Oklahoma, the average ratio is about 15.7:1. About 69% of students, or 185, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cleveland County is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for Little Axe Middle School is A+. Compared with Oklahoma public middle schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Oklahoma, Little Axe Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.0% actual against a predicted 31.9%.
In the county around the school, Cleveland County, median household income is about $77,068, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Little Axe Middle School is among the 72 public schools in Cleveland County.
The nearest other public school, Little Axe High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Little Axe Middle School is 3rd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment at Little Axe Middle School was 273 in 2020-21 and 267 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,047
Census ACS
Median income
$77,068
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
45,218 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE AXE
- Little Axe Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Little Axe High SchoolHigh · 345 students
Other schools in Norman
- Norman North High SchoolHigh · 2,400 students
- Norman High SchoolHigh · 2,100 students
- Whittier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Dimensions AcademyElementary · 738 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Alcott Middle SchoolMiddle · 708 students
Nearby schools
- Little Axe High School0.1 mi · 345
- Little Axe Elementary School0.6 mi · 526
- Lakeview Elementary School5.3 mi · 218
- Washington Elementary School10.0 mi · 487
- Robin Hill Public School10.3 mi · 391
- Schwartz Elementary School11.3 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Little Axe Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Little Axe Middle School?
Little Axe Middle School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Little Axe Middle School serve?
Little Axe Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Little Axe Middle School have?
Little Axe Middle School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
How diverse is Little Axe Middle School?
Little Axe Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Little Axe Middle School?
Little Axe Middle School is overseen by LITTLE AXE in Cleveland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.