Okemah Middle School

Okemah Middle School is a small middle school in Okemah, Oklahoma, one of the schools in OKEMAH. The school counts 176 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 55% smaller than the 388 average for middle schools in Oklahoma.

OKEMAH runs 4 schools with a combined 736 students. Okemah Middle School is one of them.

Native American students are the largest group at Okemah Middle School, with 41% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 37% White, 17% multiracial, and 4% Black. By the diversity index, Okemah Middle School comes in at 66%.

Okemah Middle School employs 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. That ratio is under the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 78% in 2024-25. That is close to the 76% average for public schools in Okfuskee County.

Okfuskee County has about 11,278 residents, and median household income is about $48,363, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Okfuskee County number 12 and enroll about 1,717.

The shortest distance from Okemah Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Okemah Noble Center. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools.

Federal data place Okemah Middle School in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.

Okemah Middle School had 131 students in 2020-21 and 176 in 2024-25, a 34% rise. The ratio was 10.1:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.

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