The top reported proficiency rate is 20% in Science. The lowest is 7% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Hugo Ms
Hugo Middle School serves grades six through eight in Hugo, a small rural city and the county seat of Choctaw County in southeastern Oklahoma. The town has a distinctive identity as “Circus City, USA,” with several traveling circuses still based there. Historically a railroad junction and agricultural center, Hugo retains the character of an early twentieth-century southeastern Oklahoma town. Its population has been gradually declining over recent decades, and the local economy draws on healthcare, retail, education, and circus operations. Housing values in the area are well below both the state and national benchmarks, and the median home price has slipped somewhat in the past year.
The student body at Hugo Middle School is diverse. White students and American Indian or Alaska Native students each make up a substantial share of enrollment, followed by Black students and students identifying as two or more races. Hispanic students also attend in smaller numbers. The school does not report Asian or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander enrollment in its data. Free or reduced-price meal eligibility figures, counts of students receiving special education services, and English learner data were not available, so the level of economic need or specialized support may be something a parent would want to ask the school about directly.
State testing results from the Oklahoma School Testing Program provide a picture of academic performance that families will want to examine closely. Across all three middle grades in both math and English language arts, the share of students scoring at or above the proficient level is very low. In sixth grade math, for example, a very small fraction of students met the proficient threshold, and the pattern was similar in seventh and eighth grade math. English language arts results across the same grades are also low. Eighth grade science, the only tested science grade at this level, shows a somewhat higher share of students reaching proficiency, though it remains modest compared to state averages. The data also indicate that Oklahoma changed its cut scores for the math and English language arts assessments, making direct year-over-year comparisons less clear. A parent considering this school would benefit from discussing with the school how it supports students who are not yet meeting state benchmarks and what interventions are in place.
Compared to other districts in Choctaw County, Hugo Middle School’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the lowest quarter of the cohort. That comparison set is small, comprising just a handful of districts. The data did not include a chronic absenteeism rate or other measures of student engagement, so those factors cannot be assessed from this information.
The school is part of Hugo Public Schools, the local district. A publicly reported item of note: the district was selected for a federal Clean School Bus Rebate Program, which funds replacement of older diesel buses with cleaner alternatives. This is a practical infrastructure update affecting daily student transportation.
Hugo Middle School is a mid-sized middle school for its grade band. The school operates as a traditional public school and is not a charter or magnet. Specific information about course offerings, advanced coursework, extracurriculars, and staffing ratios was not present in the available data, so those are natural questions for a family to raise directly with the school.
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