MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL

MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Blanchard, Oklahoma, run under MIDDLEBERG. Current enrollment sits at 309 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL sits inside MIDDLEBERG, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Grady County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.9%; this one delivers 46.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Grady County shows median household income runs about $75,419, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Grady County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,669 students), of which MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL is one.

BLANCHARD HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MIDDLEBERG PUBLIC SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 49%: 208 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 5% to 15% over that span.

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