Summary:
The 73717 zip code contains a single middle school, Alva Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and is part of the Alva school district. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 55th out of 149 Oklahoma middle schools in 2022-2023 to 255th out of 369 in 2024-2025.
Alva Middle School's academic performance is consistently below the state averages across all subject areas and grade levels, with English Language Arts proficiency ranging from 11% for 8th grade to 28% for 6th grade, and Mathematics proficiency as low as 2% for 8th grade compared to the state average of 17%. The school's 8th grade Science proficiency of 19% is also well below the state average of 36%. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.0% for the 2024-2025 school year is concerning.
Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending of $12,894 for the 2018-2019 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 13.4 for the 2023-2024 school year, the data suggests that Alva Middle School is struggling to meet the academic needs of its students, with a significant portion of the student population coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as indicated by the 57.14% free/reduced lunch rate for the 2023-2024 school year. The school may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to improve student learning and performance.
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