SEQUOYAH MS

SEQUOYAH MS is one of the roomy intermediate schools in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, operated by BROKEN ARROW, with 642 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 65% bigger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

BROKEN ARROW runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 19,983 students. SEQUOYAH MS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SEQUOYAH MS reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 8% Native American, 6% Black. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, SEQUOYAH MS has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% 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, SEQUOYAH MS is in the bottom 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.9%; SEQUOYAH MS posts 18.2%, -15.7 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Tulsa County reports that median household income runs about $69,009, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Tulsa County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), of which SEQUOYAH MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: VANDEVER ES, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SEQUOYAH MS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SEQUOYAH MS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. SEQUOYAH MS's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 713 (now 642). White enrollment moved from 51% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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