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Enrollment
693
Middle
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE·NCES 402757000728
Shawnee Middle School
4300 North Union Street, Shawnee, OK 74804 · (405) 273-0403 · Pottawatomie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
587 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 248 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 217 | 31% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Shawnee Middle School→Shawnee High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SHAWNEE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
13.9%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Shawnee Middle School
Shawnee Middle School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Middle School this school | 693 | 84.7% | 18.3% |
| Ponca City West Middle School Ponca City | 607 | 81.9% | 22.7% |
| Muldrow Middle School Muldrow | 345 | 80.3% | 26.7% |
| Thomas Intermediate Elementary School Holdenville | 310 | 84.2% | 32.2% |
| Grove Upper Elementary School Grove | 493 | 75.9% | 28.6% |
| Nichols Upper Elementary School Miami | 454 | 76.4% | 29.0% |
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 Shawnee Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Pottawatomie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #204 of 222 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #194 of 223 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #171 of 211 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #60 of 356 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #11 of 237 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #52 of 237 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #46 of 308 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #90 of 113 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
693
-66 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 693 | 57.8 | 12.0:1 | 85% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 56.9 | 12.4:1 | 86% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 85% (602) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 84% (634) |
| 2017-18 | 727 | 53 | 13.7:1 | 100% (726) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 55 | 13.4:1 | 99% (728) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 80% (632) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 55 | 13.3:1 | 58% (425) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shawnee Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (727 to 693); teachers up 9% (53 to 57.8).
About Shawnee Middle School
The public middle-grades school Shawnee Middle School is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. A federal count lists 693 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Oklahoma) has about 388 students.
SHAWNEE (7 schools, 3,329 students) runs Shawnee Middle School.
At Shawnee Middle School, the largest share of students is White, at 44%. It is also 24% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 12% Native American, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Pottawatomie County is roughly 71% White. Shawnee Middle School's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 57.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.0:1. On average, middle schools in Oklahoma have 15.7:1, compared with 12.0:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pottawatomie County is 66%.
Shawnee Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Oklahoma public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Shawnee Middle School would score about 26.6%. It scores 18.3%, 8.2 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Pottawatomie County show that the median household income is $61,398, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Pottawatomie County is home to 41 public schools and about 12,326 public school students.
The shortest distance from Shawnee Middle School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Will Rogers Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Shawnee Middle School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 693, a 9% decrease from 759 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.1 to 12.0 over 4 years.
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Pottawatomie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
73,463
Census ACS
Median income
$61,398
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
12,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHAWNEE
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 1,045 students
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Shawnee Ec CenterElementary · 350 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Sequoyah Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
Other schools in Shawnee
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 1,045 students
- Bethel Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Grove Public SchoolElementary · 539 students
- North Rock Creek High SchoolHigh · 487 students
- North Rock Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- South Rock Creek Public SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other Shawnee Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Shawnee Middle. Shawnee Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Shawnee Middle SchoolLima, OH · 712 students
- Shawnee Middle SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 624 students
Nearby schools
- Will Rogers Elementary School0.8 mi · 367
- Shawnee Ec Center1.5 mi · 350
- Grove Public School1.7 mi · 539
- Sequoyah Elementary School2.2 mi · 293
- Shawnee High School2.4 mi · 1,045
- Jefferson Elementary School2.4 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Shawnee Middle SchoolHow large is Shawnee Middle School?
Shawnee Middle School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Shawnee Middle School serve?
Shawnee Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Shawnee Middle School have?
Shawnee Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Shawnee Middle School?
Student demographics at Shawnee Middle School are roughly 44% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 24% Two or more.
What district is Shawnee Middle School in?
Shawnee Middle School is part of SHAWNEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.