WESTERN HEIGHTS MS

WESTERN HEIGHTS MS operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, part of WESTERN HEIGHTS. Current enrollment sits at 370 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

WESTERN HEIGHTS MS is one of 8 schools operated by WESTERN HEIGHTS, a district that teaches 3,046 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WESTERN HEIGHTS MS logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 14% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American. By comparison, Oklahoma County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Oklahoma County put the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), WESTERN HEIGHTS MS is one campus in the mix.

WESTERN HEIGHTS HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 20% to 24%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.