Enrollment
282
Middle
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARLOW·NCES 401908000906
Marlow Middle School
201 S 9th Street, Marlow, OK 73055 · (580) 658-2619 · Stephens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
145 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 87 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 35% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Marlow Middle School→Marlow High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MARLOW. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.4%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
32.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Marlow Middle School
Marlow Middle School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow Middle School this school | 282 | 51.4% | 32.3% |
| Perkins-Tryon Middle School PERKINS | 330 | 49.4% | 22.3% |
| Bethel Middle School Shawnee | 255 | 54.5% | 35.0% |
| Alva Middle School Alva | 228 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Lone Grove Middle School Lone Grove | 306 | 51.3% | 34.6% |
| Chamberlain Middle School Fairview | 183 | 54.6% | 35.0% |
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 Marlow Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Stephens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #93 of 222 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #75 of 223 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #87 of 211 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #194 of 356 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #18 of 237 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #220 of 237 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #231 of 308 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #57 of 113 | N/A |
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
282
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
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 | 282 | 22.4 | 12.6:1 | 51% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 20.5 | 14.3:1 | 60% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 19.7 | 16.1:1 | 53% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 51% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 19.3 | 16.3:1 | 46% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 45% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 49% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 43% (144) |
| 1990-91 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marlow Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (314 to 282); teachers up 17% (19.3 to 22.4).
About Marlow Middle School
Marlow Middle School is a small middle school serving families in Marlow, Oklahoma. Its enrollment is 282 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 388 students for middle schools in Oklahoma.
The district for Marlow Middle School is MARLOW, with 3 schools and 1,355 students.
More than half of the students at Marlow Middle School are White (75%). Beyond that, enrollment is 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
Staffing at Marlow Middle School comes to 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Oklahoma is 15.7:1. Marlow Middle School counts 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Stephens County is 9 points.
Marlow Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Oklahoma public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 38.0%.
For Stephens County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $61,620, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,186, Marlow Middle School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Marlow Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Marlow Middle School is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 289 students in 2020-21 and 282 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.1:1 to 12.6:1.
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Stephens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,551
Census ACS
Median income
$61,620
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,186 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARLOW
- Marlow Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
- Marlow High SchoolHigh · 371 students
Other schools in Marlow
- Marlow Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
- Marlow High SchoolHigh · 371 students
- Central High Elementary SchoolElementary · 198 students
- Bray-Doyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 177 students
- Central High High SchoolHigh · 113 students
- Central High Middle SchoolMiddle · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Marlow Elementary School0.3 mi · 702
- Marlow High School0.4 mi · 371
- Plato Elementary School7.6 mi · 283
- Central High High School7.6 mi · 113
- Central High Middle School7.6 mi · 103
- Central High Elementary School7.6 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Marlow Middle SchoolHow many students attend Marlow Middle School?
Marlow Middle School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Marlow Middle School serve?
Marlow Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marlow Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marlow Middle School is approximately 12.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Marlow Middle School?
Marlow Middle School reports a student body of 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Marlow Middle School?
Marlow Middle School is overseen by MARLOW in Stephens County.
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