Stigler Ms, Stigler OK - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Stigler Ms

Stigler Middle School serves grades five through eight in the town of Stigler, the county seat of Haskell County in eastern Oklahoma. The school is part of the Stigler district, which operates one school at each level within the town. Stigler itself is a small rural community built around the intersection of State Highways 9 and 82, with a downtown courthouse square, a civic life centered on community events like rodeos and a Christmas parade, and nearby lakes that draw regional tourism. The town has grown slowly in recent decades, and its economy blends county government, small manufacturing, light industrial parks, and a campus of the Kiamichi Technology Center that offers vocational training.

The student body at Stigler Middle School reflects the broader community’s demographic makeup. White students make up roughly half the enrollment, and American Indian or Alaska Native students account for more than a third, a much larger share than is typical nationally. Smaller groups include Hispanic students and those identifying as two or more races, with very small numbers of Asian and Black students. The school serves a mid-sized middle school population. Data on economic disadvantage, measured through free or reduced-price meal eligibility, was not reported, so a family wanting to understand the share of students from lower-income households would need to ask the district directly.

State testing results from the Oklahoma School Testing Program are available for Stigler Middle School, though a statewide change in cut scores in the most recent testing year makes direct year-over-year comparisons unreliable. In math, proficiency rates varied across grade levels, with fifth grade showing roughly one in five students scoring proficient or above, sixth grade a slightly lower share, seventh grade about one in three, and eighth grade a notably small share. In English language arts, proficiency rates fell within a range from roughly one in six to one in four across the four tested grades. In science, fifth graders posted a proficiency rate around one in four; eighth grade science results were suppressed and not reported. The school’s overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades placed it in the top quartile among districts in Haskell County, meaning it performed at the higher end relative to its immediate geographic neighbors. Still, the absolute rates mean that a majority of students at every grade level scored below the proficient threshold, something a parent may want to explore further with the school to understand the instructional supports in place.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Discipline data, staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism rates, and course access information were not available in the data provided, leaving gaps in a full picture of school climate and supports.

Because this is a middle school, the academic pathway leads into Stigler High School within the same district, which families in the area likely know as the local continuation school. The setting is squarely within a small town where the school buildings and the civic institutions are woven into a compact geography rather than spread across separate campuses. For a family already in or moving to Stigler, this is the sole middle school option in the district, and its enrollment and community context make it a straightforward, locally anchored school serving the rural county seat.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 22%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 734%

School 34% · District 34%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 87%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 6 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 20%

even with state median

Grade 721%

School 21% · District 21%

even with state median

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 25%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 24%

even with state median

This schoolSTIGLER, 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 5Lower-income40%Higher-income37%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income53%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income34%Higher-income47%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income41%Higher-income68%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income26%2 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income28%Higher-income53%24 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income26%Higher-income35%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income13%Higher-income32%19 pp gap