STILWELL MS

STILWELL MS, a tight-knit middle-grades school in Stilwell, Oklahoma, run under STILWELL, teaches 291 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 388.

Across the 3 schools in STILWELL (1,355 students total), STILWELL MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, STILWELL MS records that the largest single group is Native American at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% White, 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.7:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Adair County's rate of about 77%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Adair County put the typical household earns roughly $48,041 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Adair County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,152 students), STILWELL MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STILWELL ES, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around STILWELL MS.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STILWELL MS has rose 20%, going from 243 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 21% to 25%. Class-load math has widened: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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