Enrollment
112
Middle
DISTRICT 150 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKARCHE·NCES 402259029687
Okarche Junior High School
632 West Oklahoma Avenue, Okarche, OK 73762 · (405) 263-7212 · Kingfisher County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- A-Test 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
14.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
30 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 7 | 34 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 27% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 43% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Okarche Junior High School→Okarche High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within OKARCHE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.5%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
57.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Okarche Junior High School
Okarche Junior High School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okarche Junior High School this school | 112 | 26.8% | 39.9% |
| Cashion Middle School Cashion | 206 | 26.2% | 35.7% |
| Minco Middle School Minco | 135 | 31.9% | 41.1% |
| Washington Middle School Washington | 277 | 27.1% | 39.4% |
| Crescent Middle School Crescent | 113 | 38.9% | N/A |
| Chisholm Middle School Enid | 247 | 34.0% | 58.5% |
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 Okarche Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #33 of 222 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #2 of 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #136 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 112 | #300 of 356 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #301 of 308 |
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
112
+31 (+38%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 70
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 112 | 7.7 | 14.6:1 | 27% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 8 | 13.4:1 | 16% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 113 | 8.8 | 12.9:1 | 25% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 81 | 8 | 10.1:1 | 28% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 80 | 8.1 | 9.9:1 | 18% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 86 | 6 | 14.3:1 | 13% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 59 | 4 | 14.8:1 | 22% (13) |
| 2000-01 | 83 | 5 | 16.6:1 | 22% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 70 | 4 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Okarche Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (80 to 112); teachers down 5% (8.1 to 7.7).
About Okarche Junior High School
Students in Okarche, Oklahoma, attend Okarche Junior High School, a small middle school. The latest federal count shows 112 students in grades 7 through 9. Against the 388-student average for middle schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 71% lower.
OKARCHE, which runs Okarche Junior High School, has 3 schools and 450 students.
Okarche Junior High School's enrollment is 85% White. Next come 7% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 76% White. Okarche Junior High School's diversity index is 26%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 7.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Okarche Junior High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.6:1. That is lower than the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma. The lunch program counts 27% of students at Okarche Junior High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kingfisher County is 47%.
allk12 grades Okarche Junior High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Oklahoma public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Okarche Junior High School is 6.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 39.9%. Predicted: 46.5%.
In Kingfisher County (population about 15,430), the median household income is $71,975, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 18 public schools in Kingfisher County, enrolling about 3,734 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Okarche High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Okarche Junior High School places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Okarche Junior High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Federal data show a 38% enrollment increase, from 81 in 2020-21 to 112 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.1:1 to 14.6:1.
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Kingfisher County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,430
Census ACS
Median income
$71,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
3,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKARCHE
- Okarche Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Okarche High SchoolHigh · 103 students
Other schools in Okarche
- Okarche Elementary SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Okarche High SchoolHigh · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Okarche High School0.0 mi · 103
- Okarche Elementary School0.3 mi · 235
- Kingfisher Junior High School8.5 mi · 213
- Kingfisher High School8.5 mi · 401
- Gilmour Elementary School8.6 mi · 254
- Kingfisher Upper Elementary9.2 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Okarche Junior High SchoolHow large is Okarche Junior High School?
Okarche Junior High School enrolls approximately 112 students in grades 07-09.
Is Okarche Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Okarche Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Okarche Junior High School have?
Okarche Junior High School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Okarche Junior High School?
Student demographics at Okarche Junior High School are roughly 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
What district is Okarche Junior High School in?
Okarche Junior High School is part of OKARCHE.
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