SPIRO MS
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Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SPIRO MS
Set in Spiro, Oklahoma, SPIRO MS is a tight-knit intermediate school, one of the schools within SPIRO. It caters to 222 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.
SPIRO runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,087 students. SPIRO MS is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, SPIRO MS shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% Native American, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, SPIRO MS shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting SPIRO MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at SPIRO MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, SPIRO MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.0%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -6.1 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Le Flore County) records that the typical household earns roughly $51,565 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. SPIRO MS is one of 38 public schools in Le Flore County (combined enrollment of about 8,938 students).
SPIRO HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPIRO MS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 14.4%.
SPIRO MS operates from a rural location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPIRO MS has stayed largely flat, going from 222 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
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