Summary:
ZIP code 73071 has two Norman middle schools, Irving Middle School and Longfellow Middle School, both serving grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, their simple two-school average was 24% proficient in ELA, 22% in math and 35% in science, compared with state results of 26%, 25% and 30%. The clearest area-wide takeaway is that science results were stronger than the state, while ELA and especially math were lower.
Longfellow stands out in ELA and math, while Irving leads in science, so neither school leads across all subjects. Longfellow’s 2025–2026 proficiency was 28% in ELA and 27% in math—8 and 11 percentage points above Irving—and it exceeded state results by 2 points in each subject. Irving’s 37% in science was 4 points above Longfellow and 7 above the state; Longfellow’s 33% was also 3 points above the state. Grade-level results add nuance: Longfellow was above the state in ELA and math across all three grades, while Irving was below the state in grades 6 and 7 ELA but above it in grade 8.
Recent score movement favored Longfellow: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its results rose 3 points in ELA, 4 in math and 6 in science, while Irving’s fell 3, 2 and 1 point, respectively. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings also favor Longfellow: it ranked at the 69th percentile among Oklahoma schools, versus Irving at the 42nd percentile. Both schools’ percentile positions rose from 2023–2024, though Irving’s fell from the 54th percentile in 2024–2025 to 42nd. As context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 16.9 at Longfellow and 14.2 at Irving; free/reduced-lunch eligibility that year was 56% and 68%, respectively. These measures describe differences between the schools but do not explain their test results; two years of scores show recent movement, not a long-term trend.
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