SMITHVILLE MS

Located at 339 Main St, in Smithville, Oklahoma, SMITHVILLE MS is a rural-scale middle school that educates 49 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by SMITHVILLE. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so SMITHVILLE MS sits 87% leaner than that benchmark.

SMITHVILLE comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 261 students; SMITHVILLE MS is among them.

On the student-mix side, SMITHVILLE MS reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 43% Native American, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SMITHVILLE MS shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, SMITHVILLE MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the surrounding community, McCurtain County reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,929 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. SMITHVILLE MS is one of 29 public schools in McCurtain County (combined enrollment of about 6,370 students).

SMITHVILLE ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SMITHVILLE MS. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SMITHVILLE MS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SMITHVILLE MS's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 62 (now 49).

On this page, members of the SMITHVILLE MS community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.