Summary:
The 12 middle schools in Tulsa all serve grades 6–8, making school-to-school comparisons relatively direct. In 2025–26, their average proficiency was 11% in ELA, 8% in math and 19% in science, compared with statewide results of 26%, 25% and 30%. Results also varied widely: the gap between the highest and lowest school was 33 points in ELA, 29 in math and 51 in science. The most important takeaway is that strong results exist, but most schools in this group are well below state levels.
Carver Middle School and Edison Preparatory Middle School stand well above the rest: Carver led ELA with 37%, while Edison led math with 30% and science with 56%. Both exceeded the state in all three subjects; Edison’s science result was 26 points above the state, and Carver’s was 13 points above. At the other end, East Central and Monroe had 1% math proficiency, while East Central, Nathan Hale and Monroe were at 4–5% in ELA. Central had the lowest science result, 5%.
Recent changes were mixed: the ELA average barely moved, from 11.0% to 11.3%; math rose from 7% to 8%, while the state result slipped from 26% to 25%; science fell from 21% to 19%, with the state steady at 30%. Edison’s science score rose 19 points, while Carver’s fell 9. SchoolDigger ranked Edison 44th of 378 Oklahoma schools and Carver 58th in 2025–26. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–25 were 59% at Edison and 55% at Carver, compared with 80% at Thoreau Demonstration Academy, which also had a relatively strong 27% science result. These school-level figures describe contrasts, not causes.
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