VELMA-ALMA MS

VELMA-ALMA MS, an one-room-style middle school in Velma, Oklahoma, one of the schools within VELMA-ALMA, caters to 90 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so VELMA-ALMA MS sits 77% leaner than that benchmark.

VELMA-ALMA comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 447 students; VELMA-ALMA MS is among them.

Demographically, VELMA-ALMA MS reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Stephens County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting VELMA-ALMA MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at VELMA-ALMA MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, Stephens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stephens County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students), VELMA-ALMA MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: VELMA-ALMA HS, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 108 students in 2018 compared to 90 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 2% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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