The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in Science. The lowest is 20% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Carl Albert Ms
Carl Albert Middle School sits in the Oklahoma City public school landscape as a midsized building serving the eastern side of the metro, within the Midwest City-Del City district. The school serves the middle grades only, a straightforward three-year span from sixth through eighth grade. The residential area around the school is part of the larger Oklahoma City sprawl, a vast city defined by its wide geographic footprint and car-dependent development outside the downtown core. Tinker Air Force Base, a major federal employer and regional economic anchor, lies nearby. Families looking at this school are likely considering the suburban-style neighborhoods that stretch east from the city center, with housing values that in recent market data have been slightly below the state benchmark. Rents have been climbing more sharply than the national trend, a dynamic worth noting for families trying to project housing costs.
The student body is predominantly white, with a notable multiracial population and smaller but substantial shares of Black and Hispanic students. The school appears to serve a wide economic cross-section; the data on free or reduced-price meal eligibility was not available, leaving a gap for anyone trying to gauge the level of economic need. The school also does not report its share of students with individualized education plans or English learner status, which limits a fuller picture of the supports in play.
On state testing, the results present a mixed pattern that a parent should look at closely. In math, proficiency rates are below half across all three grades, and the eighth-grade rate is especially low. English language arts follows a similar trajectory, with rates that are also below half and a notable drop between seventh and eighth grade. Science, tested only in eighth grade, shows a proficiency rate that is a bit higher than the eighth-grade math and ELA results but still below half. There is a complicating factor: the state changed cut scores in both math and ELA for the testing year reported. That change makes it hard to know how much of the current picture reflects a new, higher bar versus a true decline or difference in student performance. A parent may want to ask the school or district how these scores relate to typical performance before the cut scores shifted.
Compared with other districts in Oklahoma County, this school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint of the cohort. That placement is a useful reference, but the county includes a wide range of settings from urban to suburban to rural, so the comparison is broad. The school’s own profile is one where most students are not meeting the current proficiency bar in the core academic subjects.
No graduation rate applies here because the school serves only middle grades. Chronic absenteeism data was also not available, so it is unclear how consistently students attend. The district itself does not appear to have had major recent changes—no bond elections, curriculum shifts, or property tax changes were found in publicly reported sources—so the context for this school has been stable in terms of district-level moves.
For a family weighing Carl Albert Middle School, the decision hinges on the fit between what the school can offer and what a child needs. The test results suggest that a substantial share of students arrive at high school below the state’s current academic benchmarks. A parent would benefit from understanding what remediation or intervention programs the school runs, what the pathway into high school courses looks like, and how the school supports students who may be behind. The lack of free-lunch data and special-education counts leaves real unknowns. The housing market in the zip code has been moderately priced by state standards, with rising rents that could shift the financial calculation for renting families. The school’s location in the large, car-oriented Oklahoma City metro means that transportation, commute, and access to out-of-school resources are considerations families should factor into their decision.
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