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How has WEST JHS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORE·NCES 402025001004
West Junior High School
9400 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73159 · (405) 735-4620 · Cleveland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
435 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 7 | 327 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 46% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
15.8%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
10.2%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 West Junior High School
West Junior High School's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Junior High School this school | 605 | 71.9% | 20.5% |
| Union 8th Grade Center Broken Arrow | 1,100 | 73.0% | 21.3% |
| Belle Isle Middle School Oklahoma City | 434 | 64.1% | 38.3% |
| Highland West Junior High School Moore | 479 | 68.9% | 17.2% |
| Irving Middle School Norman | 727 | 68.4% | 22.7% |
| Altus Junior High School Altus | 533 | 68.5% | 24.0% |
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 West Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Cleveland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #193 of 222 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #205 of 223 | #11 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #197 of 211 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #80 of 356 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #177 of 237 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #22 of 237 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #122 of 308 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #34 of 113 | #1 of 8 |
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
605
-56 (-8%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 605 | 34.5 | 17.5:1 | 72% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 38.6 | 15.9:1 | 74% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 38.7 | 16.9:1 | 68% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 61% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 34 | 21.5:1 | 57% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 40 | 17.9:1 | 58% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 62% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 54 | 16.2:1 | 22% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 883 | 49 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (731 to 605); teachers up 2% (34 to 34.5).
About West Junior High School
West Junior High School is a public middle school run by MOORE in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. School enrollment was 605 students in 2024-25, in grades 7 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Oklahoma average about 388 students.
MOORE is the district for West Junior High School. It has 34 schools and 23,567 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at West Junior High School, with 40% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 23% White, 17% multiracial, 10% Black, and 5% Asian. Cleveland County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, West Junior High School comes in at 74%.
Its 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.5:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Oklahoma is 15.7:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 20 points above the 52% average for public schools in Cleveland County.
West Junior High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Oklahoma public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, West Junior High School would score about 31.0%. It scores 20.5%, 10.5 points below that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Cleveland County show that median household income is about $77,068, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 72 public schools operate in Cleveland County, serving about 45,218 students.
The closest other public school is Kingsgate Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, West Junior High School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
West Junior High School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 661 to 605 over 4 years.
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Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,047
Census ACS
Median income
$77,068
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
45,218 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOORE
- Moore High SchoolHigh · 2,688 students
- Westmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,607 students
- Southmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Highland East Junior High SchoolMiddle · 751 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Brink Junior High SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Other schools in Oklahoma City
- Epic Charter Virtual High SchoolHigh · 14,517 students
- Epic Charter Virtual Elementary SchoolElementary · 14,019 students
- Westmoore High SchoolHigh · 2,607 students
- Putnam City West High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Putnam City High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Northwest Classen High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
Other West Junior High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named West Junior High. West Junior High School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- WEST JUNIOR HIGHBOISE, ID · 717 students
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWEST MEMPHIS, AR · 461 students
- West Jr High SchoolBelleville, IL · 364 students
- West Junior High SchoolOakland, TN · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Kingsgate Elementary School0.4 mi · 400
- Fairview Elementary School0.7 mi · 677
- Sky Ranch Elementary School0.9 mi · 567
- Southern Hills Elementary School1.0 mi · 472
- Red Oak Elementary School1.2 mi · 491
- Santa Fe South Pathways Mid-College1.6 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About West Junior High SchoolHow many students attend West Junior High School?
West Junior High School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does West Junior High School serve?
West Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at West Junior High School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at West Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Junior High School?
At West Junior High School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 40% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is West Junior High School public or private?
West Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MOORE.
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