📍 612 East Grand, Ponca City, Kay County, 74601
Ponca City East Ms is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ponca City, Kay County. The school has 353 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ponca City school district. It serves grades 8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ponca City East Ms enrolls 353 students across grades 8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 17% American Indian or Alaska Native and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 171 | 48% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 60 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
260 of the school's 353 students (74%) 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.
Ponca City East Ms is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-30, state senate district 10, state house district 37.
Ponca City East Ms is one of 11 schools in PONCA CITY, based in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The district serves 4,466 students district-wide and employs 262 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 353 students, Ponca City East Ms is close to the district average of about 406 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote