📍 204 West Date Street, Okemah, Okfuskee County, 74859
Okemah Ms is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Okemah, Okfuskee County. The school has 162 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okemah school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 10.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Okemah Ms enrolls 162 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 10.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% White, 38% American Indian or Alaska Native and 8.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 68 | 42% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 62 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 8.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
127 of the school's 162 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Okemah Ms is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-20, state senate district 8, state house district 24.
Okemah Ms is one of 4 schools in OKEMAH, based in Okemah, Oklahoma. The district serves 736 students district-wide and employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 162 students, Okemah Ms is close to the district average of about 184 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote