Summary:
Middle schools in Oologah-Talala consist of one school, Oologah-Talala Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and has 350 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 22% in English Language Arts, 21% in Mathematics, and 43% in Science; district results were 24%, 24%, and 36%, respectively. Compared with the state, the school was 4 percentage points lower in ELA and Mathematics, but 13 points higher in Science. Science is the school’s clearest strength and the most important finding for families weighing its results.
The school’s strengths and gaps vary by grade, particularly in ELA. In 2025–2026, ELA proficiency was 26% in grade 6 and 25% in grade 7, respectively 1 and 2 points above state results; grade 8 was 15%, 5 points below the state’s 20%. Mathematics was 3 points below the state in grades 6 and 8, but 3 points above in grade 7. Eighth-grade Science was 43%, 7 points above the state. Because the list has only one school, it cannot identify meaningful area leaders or compare schools with one another.
Recent results improved on a simple three-subject average, but the gain came from Science rather than broad progress. The school average moved from 24% in 2024–2025, 4 points below the state, to 29% in 2025–2026, 2 points above; over that period, Science rose 17 points, while ELA and Mathematics each fell 1 point. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 30 in 2023–2024 to 49 in 2024–2025 and 57 in 2025–2026, while its rating went from 2 stars to 3. Other context includes a 13.2 student-teacher ratio and 46% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 14%, compared with 12% in the district and 16% statewide.
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