SOUTHRIDGE JHS

SOUTHRIDGE JHS is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle-grades schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, one of the schools within MOORE, with 562 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 388 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

MOORE runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 23,567 students. SOUTHRIDGE JHS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SOUTHRIDGE JHS reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 17% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, SOUTHRIDGE JHS logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting SOUTHRIDGE JHS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at SOUTHRIDGE JHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cleveland County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, SOUTHRIDGE JHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 47.0%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cleveland County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,068, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cleveland County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,218 students), of which SOUTHRIDGE JHS is one.

The closest other public school is EASTLAKE ES, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHRIDGE JHS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTHRIDGE JHS at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHRIDGE JHS has climbed 13%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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