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How has THOREAU DEMONSTRATION ACADEMY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
434
Middle
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULSA·NCES 403024002281
Thoreau Demonstration Academy
7370 East 71st Street, Tulsa, OK 74133 · (918) 833-9700 · Tulsa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
345 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 165 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 29% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
8.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Thoreau Demonstration Academy
Thoreau Demonstration Academy's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoreau Demonstration Academy this school | 434 | 79.5% | 19.3% |
| Dove Science Academy Middle School Warr Acress | 313 | 79.9% | 44.4% |
| Memorial Middle School Tulsa | 572 | 87.4% | N/A |
| 6th and 7th Grade Academy Muskogee | 551 | 85.5% | N/A |
| Harding Charter Preparatory Ms at Independence Oklahoma City | 404 | 73.8% | 27.7% |
| Midwest City Middle School Midwest City | 940 | 74.7% | 16.0% |
Matched among Oklahoma middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Thoreau Demonstration Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Tulsa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #197 of 222 | #25 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #212 of 223 | #26 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #172 of 211 | #22 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #125 of 356 | #28 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #173 of 237 | #17 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #18 of 237 | #5 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #78 of 308 | #11 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #7 of 113 | #1 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
434
-130 (-23%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 22.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 434 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 79% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 23.1 | 19.1:1 | 83% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 18 | 24.6:1 | 76% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 73% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 31.5 | 20.6:1 | 49% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 31 | 21.1:1 | 46% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | 27 | 21.4:1 | 54% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 22 | 22.1:1 | 33% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thoreau Demonstration Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (648 to 434); teachers down 21% (31.5 to 25).
About Thoreau Demonstration Academy
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, part of Tulsa County, Thoreau Demonstration Academy is a middle-grades school. The school counted 434 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
The district, TULSA, operates 69 schools serving 33,617 students.
Of every 100 students at Thoreau Demonstration Academy, about 33 are Hispanic, the largest group. After that, the student body is 31% Black, 16% White, 15% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Census figures show Tulsa County is about 16% Hispanic. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Thoreau Demonstration Academy are from different groups.
The school had 25 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. The gap from the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma is 1.7 students per teacher. The school reported 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 62% average for public schools in Tulsa County is 17 points lower.
On BeatsExpectations, Thoreau Demonstration Academy is 9.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oklahoma schools.
In Tulsa County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $69,009, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 180 public schools in the county, enrolling about 113,616, Thoreau Demonstration Academy among them.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Grissom Elementary School, is the closest to Thoreau Demonstration Academy. Thoreau Demonstration Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Thoreau Demonstration Academy comes in 4th of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Thoreau Demonstration Academy as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 23%, from 564 to 434. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.4:1, from 22.6:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tulsa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
680,794
Census ACS
Median income
$69,009
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
113,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TULSA
- Booker T. Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,302 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Thomas Edison Preparatory High SchoolHigh · 1,083 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Nathan Hale High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Will Rogers College High SchoolHigh · 992 students
Other schools in Tulsa
- Union High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Union 6th-7th Grade CenterMiddle · 2,123 students
- Booker T. Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,302 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Thomas Edison Preparatory High SchoolHigh · 1,083 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
Nearby schools
- Grissom Elementary School0.5 mi · 342
- Jarman Elementary School1.1 mi · 575
- Union High School1.3 mi · 3,569
- Darnaby Elementary School1.4 mi · 590
- Salk Elementary School1.5 mi · 465
- Memorial Middle School1.5 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Thoreau Demonstration AcademyHow many students attend Thoreau Demonstration Academy?
Thoreau Demonstration Academy enrolls approximately 434 students in grades 06-08.
Is Thoreau Demonstration Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thoreau Demonstration Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Thoreau Demonstration Academy?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Thoreau Demonstration Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thoreau Demonstration Academy?
At Thoreau Demonstration Academy, the student body is approximately 16% White, 33% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Thoreau Demonstration Academy in?
Thoreau Demonstration Academy is part of TULSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.