NEWCASTLE MS

Located at 611 East Fox Lane, in Newcastle, Oklahoma, NEWCASTLE MS is a roomy middle-grades school that serves 599 students (grades 6 through 8), part of NEWCASTLE. That puts it 54% larger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

Across the 4 schools in NEWCASTLE (2,618 students total), NEWCASTLE MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NEWCASTLE MS logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Native American, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages about 15.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 34% of students at NEWCASTLE MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McClain County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEWCASTLE MS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.1%; this one comes in at 25.6%, -18.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for McClain County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,552 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, McClain County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,736 students), of which NEWCASTLE MS is one.

NEWCASTLE EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around NEWCASTLE MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEWCASTLE MS at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. NEWCASTLE MS's enrollment has climbed 24% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 599). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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