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Enrollment
677
Middle
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM CITY·NCES 402529001301
Western Oaks Middle School
7200 Northwest 23rd Street, Bethany, OK 73008 · (405) 789-4434 · Oklahoma County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% 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
15.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
582 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 232 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 226 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 219 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%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
16.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
15.2%
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 15 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
26.1%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Western Oaks Middle School
Western Oaks Middle School's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Oaks Middle School this school | 677 | 86.0% | 19.3% |
| Nathan Hale Middle School Tulsa | 782 | 84.7% | N/A |
| Will Rogers College Middle School Tulsa | 646 | 91.8% | N/A |
| James L. Capps Middle School Warr Acres | 938 | 84.5% | 11.7% |
| Washington Elementary School Clinton | 313 | 82.1% | 22.4% |
| Central Middle School Lawton | 955 | 80.7% | 11.2% |
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 Western Oaks Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #198 of 222 | #23 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #185 of 223 | #23 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #195 of 211 | #23 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #63 of 356 | #21 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #85 of 237 | #12 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #129 of 237 | #19 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #40 of 308 | #21 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #83 of 89 | #17 of 19 |
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
677
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 677 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 86% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 44.5 | 14.4:1 | 87% (559) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 47.4 | 13.8:1 | 87% (568) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 85% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 45.4 | 14.8:1 | 100% (670) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 89% (601) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 78% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 39% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Oaks Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (671 to 677); teachers down 1% (45.4 to 45).
About Western Oaks Middle School
Western Oaks Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school with its address in Bethany, Oklahoma. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 677 students. That is 74% bigger than the average of about 388 students for middle schools in Oklahoma.
The 26 schools of PUTNAM CITY, including Western Oaks Middle School, enroll 18,836 students.
Hispanic students are 52% of those enrolled at Western Oaks Middle School. The remaining shares are 24% White, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Oklahoma County's population at about 20%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The school has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma. The school reported 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Oklahoma County is 67%.
Western Oaks Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of Oklahoma public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Western Oaks Middle School would be expected to post about 26.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Oklahoma County show that the median household earns about $66,679 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Oklahoma County, 225 public schools serve about 161,569 students.
Among nearby public schools, Western Oaks Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Western Oaks Middle School.
Federal data place Western Oaks Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (685) to 2024-25 (677).
On allk12, people connected to Western Oaks Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Oklahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
806,199
Census ACS
Median income
$66,679
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
225
161,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM CITY
- Putnam City West High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Putnam City High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Putnam City North High SchoolHigh · 1,567 students
- James L. Capps Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
- Hefner Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Mayfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
Other schools in Bethany
- Earl Harris Elementary SchoolElementary · 769 students
- Western Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
- Overholser Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Bethany High SchoolHigh · 558 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Bethany Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Western Oaks Elementary School0.1 mi · 688
- Apollo Elementary School0.7 mi · 509
- Greenvale Elementary School1.2 mi · 191
- Putnam City West High School1.2 mi · 2,032
- Overholser Elementary School1.3 mi · 584
- Lake Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Western Oaks Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Western Oaks Middle School?
Western Oaks Middle School enrolls approximately 677 students in grades 06-08.
Is Western Oaks Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Western Oaks Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Western Oaks Middle School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Western Oaks Middle School.
How diverse is Western Oaks Middle School?
Western Oaks Middle School reports a student body of 24% White, 52% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Western Oaks Middle School?
Western Oaks Middle School is overseen by PUTNAM CITY in Oklahoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.