The top reported proficiency rate is 22% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Agra Jhs
Agra JHS is a small public school in rural Oklahoma that serves only seventh and eighth graders. With roughly a few dozen students across two grade levels, it is a compact, single-building setting where most students come from the surrounding community. The school is part of Agra Public Schools, and because it serves only the middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report and no high school course offerings such as Advanced Placement or career pathways to evaluate.
The academic picture comes from state assessments in math and English language arts. In seventh-grade math, about a third of students scored at or above the proficient level, while in eighth-grade math that share dropped to roughly one in ten. English language arts proficiency was somewhat more consistent: in seventh grade slightly less than a fifth of students reached the proficient benchmark, and in eighth grade that figure was around a quarter. Eighth-grade science results were not reported because the number of students was small enough that the state suppressed the data to protect student privacy. A parent looking at these numbers will see that proficiency rates are low in absolute terms, which is a soft spot worth asking the school about directly.
When compared with other districts in Lincoln County, Agra JHS’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades lands above the midpoint of the group. That places it in the middle of the pack among its immediate county neighbors, neither at the top nor at the bottom. The cohort includes nine districts, so the comparison is a narrow one.
The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of students who identify as two or more races and a handful who are American Indian or Alaska Native. No data was reported on how many students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, on students with disabilities, or on English learners. Those are meaningful gaps for a family trying to understand the range of student needs and support services available. Similarly, information on discipline incidents, staffing ratios, and attendance patterns was not available in the data used for this profile.
Homes in the area carry a value roughly in line with the statewide typical figure, and the local market has seen modest appreciation. The national unemployment rate and mortgage rates provide a broad economic context but do not speak directly to the local job base or commuting patterns of Agra families.
Publicly available information about the town of Agra itself was not found in the search for this report, so there is no grounded description of the downtown, major employers, or recent development. The same is true for the district: a targeted search for recent parent-relevant changes such as new programs, bond measures, or staffing shifts turned up little. A family considering this school would benefit from talking directly to the school or district office to learn about current initiatives and the day-to-day experience of students.
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