SAPULPA MS

Located at 1304 East Cleveland, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, SAPULPA MS is an average-sized middle-grades school that teaches 500 students (grades 6 through 7), run under SAPULPA. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 388.

Across the 7 schools in SAPULPA (3,714 students total), SAPULPA MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SAPULPA MS shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 12% Native American, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, On paper, SAPULPA MS has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, SAPULPA MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 19.5%, a residual of -13.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Creek County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,338 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SAPULPA MS is one of 38 public schools in Creek County (combined enrollment of about 11,952 students).

SAPULPA JHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAPULPA MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAPULPA MS at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SAPULPA MS's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 500). White enrollment moved from 56% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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