Taft Ms, Oklahoma City OK - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Taft Ms

Taft Middle School serves students in fifth through eighth grade and is part of the Oklahoma City Public Schools district. The school is located near Northwest 23rd Street in Oklahoma City, a sprawling state capital and a major center for energy, government, aviation, and livestock markets. The city’s enormous geographic footprint means most areas, including this part of town, are car-dependent, with walkable street life concentrated in the downtown core.

Enrollment at Taft Middle School is large, drawing a substantial student body from the surrounding neighborhoods. The student population reflects the diversity of the area, with a majority of students identifying as Hispanic, followed by smaller shares of White, Asian, Black, and multiracial students, and a small number of American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students.

Academic performance on Oklahoma’s state assessments, the OSTP, was well below typical proficiency benchmarks in the most recent testing year. In mathematics, the share of students scoring at the proficient or advanced level was minimal across all four grade levels tested. Reading and English language arts results were similarly very low. Science results followed the same pattern, though eighth-grade science showed somewhat higher performance than the other subjects and grades. These results place the school’s overall proficiency index in the bottom quartile among middle schools within Oklahoma County districts.

It is worth noting that Oklahoma recently changed its cut scores for the math and English language arts assessments, which can affect year-to-year comparability. A parent may want to discuss with the school how these new standards are being integrated into instruction and what the school’s own progress monitoring looks like beyond the state test.

The data available does not include information about free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education services, or English learner status. These are important context for understanding a school’s student support needs and resource allocation, and a parent interested in those dimensions may wish to ask the school directly.

Housing in the area shows home values that are below the state average, while rents have been rising. The estimated monthly mortgage payment on a median-priced home is lower than the typical rent, which suggests buying may be more affordable than renting for some households. The area has seen modest home price declines in the past year, in contrast to the state and national trends of slight increases.

Oklahoma City Public Schools as a district has pursued several major infrastructure and program investments in recent years through voter-approved bond measures, though specific details on the most recent rounds of funding or their direct impact on Taft Middle School were not found in the available research. The district’s administrative headquarters is downtown.

For a family considering Taft Middle School, the academic picture is the central factor. Proficiency rates are very low, and the school is performing well below most of its county peers. A parent would want to understand what academic interventions, tutoring, or curricular supports are in place, and what the school’s trajectory looks like. The school serves a large, diverse population in a major urban district, and the community around it is a large, economically varied city with a strong public-sector and energy-based economy and active downtown development programs.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 52%

School 2% · District 9% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 63%

School 3% · District 12% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 74%

School 4% · District 10% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 83%

School 3% · District 9% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 56%

School 6% · District 13% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 63%

School 3% · District 14% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 75%

School 5% · District 11% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 13% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 15% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 21% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

This schoolOKLAHOMA CITY, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income10%Higher-income18%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income10%Higher-income18%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income12%Higher-income8%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income6%Higher-income0%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income7%Higher-income8%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income3%Higher-income0%3 pp gap