WHITTIER MS

WHITTIER MS is a sprawling 6-8 campus in Norman, Oklahoma, part of NORMAN. The school teaches 1,108 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 186% above the state mean of about 388.

WHITTIER MS is one of 25 schools operated by NORMAN, a district that instructs 16,048 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WHITTIER MS records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Native American. By comparison, Cleveland County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting WHITTIER MS higher than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cleveland County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WHITTIER MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 34.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cleveland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,068 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Cleveland County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,218 students), of which WHITTIER MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALCOTT MS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WHITTIER MS comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. WHITTIER MS's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,141 (now 1,108). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 60% to 52%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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