MARLOW MS

MARLOW MS is an intermediate school of cozy scale in Marlow, Oklahoma, operated by MARLOW, serveing 282 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

MARLOW MS is one of 3 schools operated by MARLOW, a district that teaches 1,355 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARLOW MS reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest consists of 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.7:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stephens County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARLOW MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -5.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Stephens County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARLOW MS is one of 26 public schools in Stephens County (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students).

The closest other public school is MARLOW ES, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MARLOW MS. On composite proficiency, MARLOW MS comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

MARLOW MS operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 314 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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