STILLWATER JHS

Located at 1900 North Skyline Street, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, STILLWATER JHS is a large high school that caters to 910 students (grades 8 through 9), overseen by STILLWATER. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 105% bigger than typical.

Within STILLWATER, which oversees 9 schools and 6,049 students, STILLWATER JHS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, STILLWATER JHS logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 14% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting STILLWATER JHS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STILLWATER JHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Payne County indicate median household income runs about $49,809, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STILLWATER JHS is one of 26 public schools in Payne County (combined enrollment of about 10,609 students).

Nearest neighbor: SKYLINE ES, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STILLWATER JHS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 878 students in 2018 compared to 910 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 65% to 59%.

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