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MIDWEST CITY HS
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MIDWEST CITY HS
MIDWEST CITY HS is one of the large secondary schools in Midwest City, Oklahoma, operated by MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY, with 1,293 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 443 students each, so MIDWEST CITY HS sits 192% larger than that benchmark.
MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 12,087 students; MIDWEST CITY HS is among them.
In terms of who attends, MIDWEST CITY HS logs that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% White, 17% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at MIDWEST CITY HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), MIDWEST CITY HS is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: COUNTRY ESTATES ES, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MIDWEST CITY HS has shrank 6%, going from 1,372 students in 2018 to 1,293 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 25% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for MIDWEST CITY HS typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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