VERDIGRIS JHS

VERDIGRIS JHS is a small junior high in Claremore, Oklahoma, one of the schools within VERDIGRIS. The school serves 215 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so VERDIGRIS JHS sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.

VERDIGRIS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,352 students; VERDIGRIS JHS is among them.

Looking at the student body, VERDIGRIS JHS reports that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 20% multiracial, 14% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, VERDIGRIS JHS has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Rogers County's rate of about 56%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VERDIGRIS JHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 32.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Rogers County put median household earnings sit near $80,067, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rogers County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,144 students), VERDIGRIS JHS is one campus in the mix.

VERDIGRIS HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around VERDIGRIS JHS. On composite proficiency, VERDIGRIS JHS comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. VERDIGRIS JHS's enrollment has shrank 31% since 2018, when it stood at 311 (now 215). White enrollment moved from 62% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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