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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PONCA CITY WEST MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
607
Middle
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PONCA CITY·NCES 402469002124
Ponca City West Middle School
1401 West Grand Avenue, Ponca City, OK 74601 · (580) 767-8020 · Kay County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
497 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 68%
Community
1
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 6 | 281 | 46% |
| Grade 7 | 326 | 54% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PONCA CITY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
20.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Ponca City West Middle School
Ponca City West Middle School's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponca City West Middle School this school | 607 | 81.9% | 22.7% |
| Shawnee Middle School Shawnee | 693 | 84.7% | 18.3% |
| Muldrow Middle School Muldrow | 345 | 80.3% | 26.7% |
| Grove Upper Elementary School Grove | 493 | 75.9% | 28.6% |
| Nichols Upper Elementary School Miami | 454 | 76.4% | 29.0% |
| Ponca City East Middle School Ponca City | 320 | 79.1% | 18.0% |
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 Ponca City West Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #178 of 222 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #161 of 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #139 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #79 of 356 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #96 of 237 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #102 of 237 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #64 of 308 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #38 of 113 |
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
607
-92 (-13%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 607 | 39.6 | 15.3:1 | 82% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 628 | 40.8 | 15.4:1 | 79% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 41.4 | 16.6:1 | 76% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 64% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 66% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 69% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | 51 | 13.7:1 | 73% (506) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 54% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ponca City West Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (716 to 607); teachers down 3% (41 to 39.6).
About Ponca City West Middle School
Ponca City West Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Ponca City, Oklahoma, (ZIP code 74601). It has an enrollment of 607 students in grades 6 through 7. That compares with an average of about 388 students for middle schools in Oklahoma.
Ponca City West Middle School is among 11 schools run by PONCA CITY, which serves 4,466 students.
About 52% of the student body at Ponca City West Middle School is White. Other students are 16% Native American, 16% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. By comparison, Kay County residents are about 74% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Ponca City West Middle School reports a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher, from 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma. Lunch program data show 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Among Oklahoma public middle schools, Ponca City West Middle School outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Ponca City West Middle School is 4.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 22.7% actual, 27.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oklahoma.
For Kay County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $58,423 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Ponca City West Middle School, Kay County has 22 public schools.
Ponca City West Middle School's nearest public school is Lincoln Elementary School (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
In 2020-21, Ponca City West Middle School enrolled 699 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 607.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Ponca City West Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,625
Census ACS
Median income
$58,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,295 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PONCA CITY
- Ponca City High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Ponca City East Middle SchoolMiddle · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- E. M. Trout Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
- Woodlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 258 students
Other schools in Ponca City
- Ponca City High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Ponca City East Middle SchoolMiddle · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- McCord Public SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- E. M. Trout Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.1 mi · 316
- Liberty Elementary School1.1 mi · 241
- Ponca City East Middle School1.3 mi · 320
- Garfield Elementary School1.5 mi · 220
- Ponca City High School1.5 mi · 1,498
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.5 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Ponca City West Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ponca City West Middle School?
Ponca City West Middle School enrolls approximately 607 students in grades 06-07.
What grades does Ponca City West Middle School serve?
Ponca City West Middle School serves grades 06-07.
How many students per teacher at Ponca City West Middle School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Ponca City West Middle School.
How diverse is Ponca City West Middle School?
Ponca City West Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Ponca City West Middle School public or private?
Ponca City West Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PONCA CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.