LONGFELLOW MS

LONGFELLOW MS is a middle-grades school of big scale in Norman, Oklahoma, run under NORMAN, caters to 708 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so LONGFELLOW MS sits 82% above that benchmark.

NORMAN runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 16,048 students. LONGFELLOW MS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, LONGFELLOW MS records that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LONGFELLOW MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 24.2%, a residual of -12.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Cleveland County shows median household income runs about $77,068, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Cleveland County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,218 students), of which LONGFELLOW MS is one.

The closest other public school is JEFFERSON ES, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LONGFELLOW MS. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LONGFELLOW MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.1%.

LONGFELLOW MS operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LONGFELLOW MS has held roughly steady, going from 725 students in 2018 to 708 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 67% to 49% over that span.

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