Summary:
The 74901 zip code is home to a single middle school, Arkoma Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. This school is struggling academically, ranking 283 out of 407 Oklahoma middle schools with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Arkoma Middle School faces significant challenges, with only 10% of students proficient or better in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grades, well below the state averages of 26% proficiency in both subjects. The 7th grade performance is even worse, with only 8% proficiency in both ELA and Math, compared to state averages of 23% and 26% respectively. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.0% for the 2024-2025 school year, which likely contributes to the poor academic outcomes.
Factors such as the school's high free/reduced lunch rate of 76.54%, indicating a high-poverty student population, as well as below-average per-student spending of $8,274 and a high student-teacher ratio of 23.1, may be hindering the school's ability to provide the resources and support needed for students to succeed. Addressing these issues through targeted interventions and additional funding could potentially help improve the situation at Arkoma Middle School.
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