The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in Science. The lowest is 12% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Sapulpa Jhs
Sapulpa JHS serves eighth and ninth graders only, a two-year junior high that sits between the district’s elementary schools and its high school. With an enrollment in the mid-hundreds, it is a sizable school for that narrow grade band but smaller than a typical four-year high school. About half the students are White, roughly one in seven is American Indian or Alaska Native, one in eight is Hispanic, and one in five identifies as two or more races. Black and Asian students each make up a small share. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, receive special education services, or are English learners was not available from the sources used here, so a full picture of economic and learning support needs is incomplete.
The state’s standardized tests for Oklahoma measure proficiency in math, English language arts, and science in grade 8, and that is the only testing data available for this school. In all three subjects the proficiency rates are low. In math roughly one in nine students scored at or above the proficient level; in English the rate was about one in six; in science it was roughly one in four. When compared with other districts across Creek County, Sapulpa JHS’s overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint among the thirteen districts for which data was available. Because ninth graders are not tested with this assessment, the school’s academic picture rests entirely on one grade level. A parent may want to ask the school directly about how ninth graders are assessed and how the curriculum prepares students for high school coursework.
The school is part of Sapulpa Public Schools, and the district did not report any recent changes in its operations, programs, or boundaries in available sources. Sapulpa itself is a mid-sized city and the county seat of Creek County, with a historic downtown built largely during the 1920s oil boom and a diversified manufacturing base anchored by a long-running glass plant. The city straddles Interstate 44 and the Creek Turnpike, about a short drive northeast of downtown Tulsa, which makes it a standalone community within that metro orbit. Housing costs in the area are moderate relative to national benchmarks, and population growth has been modest in recent years. No specific information about the school’s campus location relative to downtown, its walkability, or its neighborhood feel was available. Parents interested in the transition to high school or in the kinds of extracurricular and support programs offered at Sapulpa JHS would need to reach out to the school directly for details, since data on course access, discipline, staffing ratios, and attendance was not reported here.
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