SILO MS

SILO MS is a middle school of modestly sized scale in Durant, Oklahoma, one of the schools within SILO, teacheing 249 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 388.

Within SILO, which oversees 4 schools and 1,249 students, SILO MS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SILO MS records that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 19% Native American, 16% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SILO MS shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.7:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Bryan County's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, SILO MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bryan County shows median household earnings sit near $57,225, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Bryan County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,443 students), SILO MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SILO ES, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around SILO MS. On composite proficiency, SILO MS comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

SILO MS operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 33%: 187 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 67% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.