WRIGHT CITY JHS

WRIGHT CITY JHS operates as a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Wright City, Oklahoma, run under WRIGHT CITY. Current enrollment sits at 54 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 388 students per school, that is 86% leaner than typical.

Across the 3 schools in WRIGHT CITY (472 students total), WRIGHT CITY JHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WRIGHT CITY JHS shows that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 46% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, WRIGHT CITY JHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for McCurtain County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,929 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across McCurtain County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,370 students), WRIGHT CITY JHS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WRIGHT CITY HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WRIGHT CITY JHS comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WRIGHT CITY JHS has declined 14%, going from 63 students in 2018 to 54 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 44% to 52%.

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