PRAGUE MS

Located at 1100 Blue Bell, in Prague, Oklahoma, PRAGUE MS is an intimate middle-grades school that enrolls 245 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by PRAGUE. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 388.

Across the 4 schools in PRAGUE (1,007 students total), PRAGUE MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PRAGUE MS records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school shows 25% multiracial, 8% Native American, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PRAGUE MS has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lincoln County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRAGUE MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.3%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of -10.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household income runs about $62,216, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. PRAGUE MS is one of 25 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 5,177 students).

The closest other public school is PRAGUE HS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PRAGUE MS comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PRAGUE MS's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 245). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the PRAGUE MS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.