Summary
Lindsay Middle School serves 313 students in grades 5–8 in Lindsay, Oklahoma, and has a mix of academic results. In 2025–2026, 47% of students were proficient in science, compared with 20% in English Language Arts and 22% in math. The central takeaway is that science is a clear strength, while ELA and math remain below state levels, with grade 8 ELA the sharpest concern.
Science results put Lindsay ahead of the state (47% versus 30%), its district (32%), and the nearby-school average of 44%; it ranked third among the seven nearby schools. ELA and math were closer to local averages but below state results: Lindsay had 20% proficiency in ELA and 22% in math, versus state results of 26% and 25%. Grade 5 was a standout, with results of 33% in ELA, 35% in math, and 51% in science, ahead of nearby Dibble Middle School in all three subjects. By contrast, grade 8 ELA proficiency was 10%, tied with Wayne Middle School for the lowest reported nearby result. Chronic absenteeism was 7%, below the state’s 16% but above the nearby average of 6% and the district’s 5%.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose from 17% to 20%, math from 16% to 22%, and science from 36% to 47%. Science’s advantage over the state grew from 6 to 17 percentage points, while the state gaps narrowed in ELA and math. SchoolDigger ranked Lindsay at the 37th statewide percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, up from the 19th percentile the year before, though it was at the 41st percentile in 2023–2024; the Lindsay district ranked at the 15th percentile with 1 star. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves “White Students” was notably lower than its overall ranking: the group was at the 10th percentile, compared with 37th overall, after ranking at the 3rd percentile in 2024–2025. For context, the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 13.7, and 41% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a 65% average at nearby schools.
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