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Sequoyah Middle School

16403 South 4180 Road, Claremore, OK 74017 · (918) 343-5105 · Rogers County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
Enrollment
284
Middle
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 388
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
124 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 68%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 610236%
Grade 79333%
Grade 88931%
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 73% · US 70%
White
14350%
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
114%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 21% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 8% · US 15%
Asian
62%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
5118%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 14% · US 5%
Native American
7025%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 11% · US 1%
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
Male
15555%
Female
12945%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Sequoyah Middle School→Sequoyah High School
Feeds from
Sequoyah Elementary SchoolPK–05
Based on grade levels within SEQUOYAH. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
35.1%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
40.0%
OK avg 32.6%

What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Sequoyah Middle School

Sequoyah Middle School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sequoyah Middle School this school28443.7%37.0%
Wilson 6th Grade Center
Collinsville
24247.9%39.5%
Dale Middle School
Dale
21842.7%27.1%
Oologah-Talala Middle School
Oologah
35046.0%28.5%
Byng Junior High School
Ada
37048.1%25.2%
Donald P Sloat Junior High School
Coweta
54146.6%21.4%
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 Sequoyah Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OklahomaIn Rogers County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.0%#49 of 222#2 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
40.0%#35 of 223#2 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.1%#33 of 211#2 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
284#192 of 356#6 of 9
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.7:1#39 of 237#3 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
65.1%#122 of 237#5 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
43.7%#260 of 308#5 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+8.0%#58 of 89N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
284
-31 (-10%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2528420.813.7:144% (124)
2023-2427417.915.3:145% (122)
2022-232971915.6:136% (108)
2020-213151817.5:136% (113)
2017-182631616.4:144% (117)
2015-162771815.4:141% (114)
2010-113281719.3:144% (145)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoyah Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students up 8% (263 to 284); teachers up 30% (16 to 20.8).

About Sequoyah Middle School

As a low-enrollment middle school, Sequoyah Middle School serves students in Claremore, Oklahoma. It reported 284 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Oklahoma enroll about 388 students on average.

SEQUOYAH (3 schools, 1,287 students) runs Sequoyah Middle School.

The share of White students at Sequoyah Middle School is 50%, a majority. Other students are 25% Native American, 18% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 71% White share among all Rogers County residents. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Sequoyah Middle School are from different groups.

Staffing at Sequoyah Middle School comes to 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7:1. The school's 13.7:1 compares with an average of 15.7:1 for middle schools in Oklahoma. On the income side, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 56% average for public schools in Rogers County.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sequoyah Middle School is 3.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.0% actual, 40.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oklahoma.

For Rogers County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,067 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Rogers County number 33, with about 15,144 students.

Sequoyah Middle School's nearest public school is Sequoyah High School (about 0.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sequoyah Middle School. By average proficiency, Sequoyah Middle School is 3rd among 4 schools close by.

Sequoyah Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 315 to 284. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.5:1 to 13.7:1.

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Rogers County at a glance

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Population
98,610
Census ACS
Median income
$80,067
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,144 students

Quick facts

School name
Sequoyah Middle School
District
SEQUOYAH
Address
16403 South 4180 Road, Claremore, OK 74017
Phone
(918) 343-5105
County
Rogers County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
284
Teachers (FTE)
21
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
124 (44%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
402739002706
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sequoyah Middle. Sequoyah Middle School is the 6th largest of the 6.

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Frequently asked questions

About Sequoyah Middle School
How many students attend Sequoyah Middle School?
Sequoyah Middle School enrolls approximately 284 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sequoyah Middle School serve?
Sequoyah Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sequoyah Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Sequoyah Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sequoyah Middle School?
At Sequoyah Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoyah Middle School?
Sequoyah Middle School is overseen by SEQUOYAH in Rogers County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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