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Irving Middle School

Q: Is Irving Middle School a good school?

Irving Middle School ranks 171 st of 369 Oklahoma middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

171^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 369 Oklahoma Middle Schools

Better than 54% of Oklahoma middle schools

Summary

Irving Middle School is a public middle school located in Norman, Oklahoma, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 734 students. The school is part of the Norman School District, which is ranked 151 out of 452 districts in Oklahoma and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Irving Middle School consistently underperforms compared to the Norman and Oklahoma state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 23%, compared to 35% for Norman and 26% for the state. However, the school's performance in Science is slightly better, with 38% proficiency in 8th grade, compared to 38% for Norman and 36% for the state. The school also experiences high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.1% to 23.4% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the desired benchmark of 10% or less.

When compared to other middle schools in the Norman district and nearby districts, Alcott Middle School and Whittier Middle School have consistently higher academic performance and higher state rankings, suggesting that Irving Middle School may have room for improvement. However, the school's performance for specific student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students, is generally higher than the overall school performance, indicating potential areas of strength that could be leveraged to improve the overall academic outcomes.

727

Students ?

14.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,443

Per pupil spending ?

68.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

125 Vicksburg Avenue
Norman, OK 73071-3071

(405) 366-5941

District: Norman

Students who attend Irving Middle School usually attend:

High:

Norman High School

Feeder schools for Irving Middle School:

Elementary:	Kennedy Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School
	Madison Elementary School
	Ronald Reagan Elementary School
	More...
	Washington Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

41.1%

Hispanic:

18.7%

Two or more races:

18.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 48th percentile in 2015 → 54th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the Oklahoma median (54th percentile)

Worth a look

!Near the bottom of Norman's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg34%

Oklahoma avg27%

171^st of 369

Oklahoma public middle schools ?

Top 46%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 48% (2015) to top 46% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Middle Schools in the Norman

151^st of 452Norman among Oklahoma districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	46.7	171 of 369	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	16.3	161 of 189	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	125 of 149	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	132 of 171	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.6	281 of 407	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.7	190 of 228	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.2	182 of 233	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.3	192 of 238	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	26.0	282 of 332	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	46.2	155 of 297	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	68.8	139 of 542	74.4%	★★★★☆
2010	62.2	190 of 539	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	69.6	111 of 521	78.7%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	49.3	23 of 49	53.1%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	49.1	57 of 122	53.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	44.4	150 of 284	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.4	225 of 278	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2021	38.3	55 of 80	31.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	58.1	30 of 108	72.2%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oklahoma percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	126 of 215	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.8	197 of 257	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)72nd percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2025)53rd percentile~ school

African American (2025)53rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)47th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)41st percentile-12 vs school

Multi-racial (2021)31st percentile~ school

By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?

Science38%+8 vs state

English Language Arts I23%-3 vs state

Mathematics18%-8 vs state

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by a student
Friday, May 18, 2012

I go to Irving and it is an amazing school.The faculty is amazing.I love Irving!!!! GO COUGARS!!!! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSTP English Language Arts I (2025)				OSTP Mathematics (2025)				OSTP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSTP English Language Arts I 6th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 7th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 8th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I All Grades	OSTP Mathematics 6th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 7th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 8th Grade	OSTP Mathematics All Grades	OSTP Science 8th Grade	OSTP Science All Grades	Total
Irving Middle School	Public	6-8	125 Vicksburg Avenue	Norman	73071	Cleveland County	Norman	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(405) 366-5941	727	51	14.2	68.4%	299 (41.1%)	97 (13.3%)	136 (18.7%)	28 (3.9%)	33 (4.5%)	3 (0.4%)	131 (18.0%)	46.7	171^st of 369 public middle schools	53.7%		16.3	161^st of 189 public middle schools	14.8%	10	20.0	21.0	28.0	23.0	17.0	20.0	18.0	18.0	38.0	38.0	$11,443
Longfellow Middle School	Public	6-8	215 North Ponca Avenue	Norman	73071	Cleveland County	Norman	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(405) 366-5948	708	42	16.9	56.2%	347 (49.0%)	51 (7.2%)	136 (19.2%)	12 (1.7%)	26 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	136 (19.2%)	50	156^th of 369 public middle schools	57.7%		14.2	168^th of 189 public middle schools	11.1%	12	27.0	21.0	25.0	25.0	26.0	27.0	18.0	23.0	27.0	27.0	$10,518
Alcott Middle School	Public	6-8	1919 West Boyd Street	Norman	73069	Cleveland County	Norman	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(405) 366-5845	708	42	16.7	47.2%	379 (53.5%)	30 (4.2%)	143 (20.2%)	6 (0.8%)	26 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	122 (17.2%)	71.1	67^th of 369 public middle schools	81.8%		37.7	115^th of 189 public middle schools	39.2%	48	33.0	39.0	32.0	35.0	25.0	34.0	21.0	27.0	43.0	43.0	$10,760
Whittier Middle School	Public	6-8	2000 West Brooks Street	Norman	73069	Cleveland County	Norman	No	(n/a)	No	No	(405) 366-5956	1,108	57	19.3	39.4%	575 (51.9%)	40 (3.6%)	193 (17.4%)	70 (6.3%)	47 (4.2%)	5 (0.5%)	178 (16.1%)	77	46^th of 369 public middle schools	87.5%		50.7	83^rd of 189 public middle schools	56.1%	37	37.0	38.0	28.0	35.0	35.0	36.0	25.0	32.0	45.0	45.0	$9,419
Curtis Inge Middle School	Public	6-8	1201 North Eighth Street	Noble	73068	Cleveland County	Noble	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(405) 872-3495	673	45	14.9	59.9%	455 (67.6%)	3 (0.4%)	76 (11.3%)	4 (0.6%)	60 (8.9%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (11.0%)	61.9	103^rd of 369 public middle schools	72.1%		38.6	114^th of 189 public middle schools	39.7%	11	33.0	24.0	28.0	28.0	27.0	18.0	30.0	25.0	42.0	42.0	$9,848
Highland East Junior High School	Public	7-8	1200 Southeast Fourth Street	Moore	73160	Cleveland County	Moore	No	(n/a)	No	No	(405) 735-4580	751	44	17.2	41.9%	402 (53.5%)	42 (5.6%)	125 (16.6%)	21 (2.8%)	20 (2.7%)	3 (0.4%)	138 (18.4%)	77.2	44^th of 369 public middle schools	88.1%		48.7	91^st of 189 public middle schools	51.9%	47		32.0	33.0	33.0		37.0	25.0	31.0	44.0	44.0	$10,518
Central Junior High School	Public	7-8	400 North Broadway Street	Moore	73160	Cleveland County	Moore	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(405) 735-4560	574	37	15.6	63.2%	223 (38.9%)	63 (11.0%)	134 (23.3%)	13 (2.3%)	32 (5.6%)	5 (0.9%)	104 (18.1%)	36.6	240^th of 369 public middle schools	35.0%		15.7	163^rd of 189 public middle schools	13.8%	77		20.0	18.0	19.0		18.0	12.0	16.0	29.0	29.0	$11,226
Newcastle Middle School	Public	6-8	611 East Fox Lane	Newcastle	73065	McClain County	Newcastle	No	(n/a)	No	No	(405) 387-3139	599	37	16.2	33.6%	390 (65.1%)	15 (2.5%)	71 (11.9%)	3 (0.5%)	49 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (11.9%)	52	143^rd of 369 public middle schools	61.2%		33	124^th of 189 public middle schools	34.4%	19	24.0	20.0	26.0	23.0	25.0	24.0	21.0	23.0	37.0	37.0	$8,325
Highland West Junior High School	Public	7-8	901 North Santa Fe Avenue	Moore	73160	Cleveland County	Moore	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(405) 735-4600	479	29	16.2	68.9%	168 (35.1%)	62 (12.9%)	155 (32.4%)	5 (1.0%)	17 (3.5%)	6 (1.3%)	66 (13.8%)	31.1	264^th of 369 public middle schools	28.5%		11.4	177^th of 189 public middle schools	6.3%	87		18.0	16.0	17.0		15.0	7.0	12.0	31.0	31.0	$12,061
Southridge Junior High School	Public	7-8	14141 S Pennsylvania	Oklahoma City	73170	Cleveland County	Moore	No	(n/a)	No	No	(405) 735-4680	562	30	18.9	31.5%	267 (47.5%)	32 (5.7%)	84 (14.9%)	59 (10.5%)	23 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	96 (17.1%)	94.4	14^th of 369 public middle schools	96.2%		88	13^th of 189 public middle schools	93.1%	1		43.0	40.0	41.0		51.0	47.0	49.0	53.0	53.0	$11,125

Frequently Asked Questions about Irving Middle School

What district is Irving Middle School in?

Norman

Is Irving Middle School a good school?

Irving Middle School ranks 171^st of 369 Oklahoma middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Irving Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 727 students attended Irving Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Irving Middle School?

Students at Irving Middle School are 41% White, 19% Hispanic, 18% Two or more races, 13% African American, 5% American Indian, 4% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Irving Middle School attend?

Students who attend Irving Middle School usually go on to attend Norman High School

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