MOON MS

MOON MS is a substantial 6-8 campus in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, part of OKLAHOMA CITY. The school teaches 588 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 52% bigger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

MOON MS is one of 58 schools operated by OKLAHOMA CITY, a district that enrolls 32,864 students overall.

On demographics, MOON MS records that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Oklahoma County's rate of about 67%.

Across the wider county, census data for Oklahoma County shows median household earnings sit near $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Oklahoma County runs 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), of which MOON MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: DOUGLASS HS, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

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