📍 320 West Jefferson, Checotah, McIntosh County, 74426
Checotah Ms is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Checotah, McIntosh County. The school has 330 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Checotah school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Checotah Ms enrolls 330 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 30% American Indian or Alaska Native and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 167 | 51% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 100 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 4.8% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
241 of the school's 330 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Checotah 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 13.
Checotah Ms is one of 4 schools in CHECOTAH, based in Checotah, Oklahoma. The district serves 1,428 students district-wide and employs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 330 students, Checotah Ms is close to the district average of about 357 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote