District profile / Oklahoma

Ada Public Schools

Ada, Oklahoma · Public school district · #42 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

Compare with peers

2,696

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,197

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Oklahoma median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Ada Public Schools is a public school district based in Ada, Oklahoma, serving 2,696 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #42 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 67% of them. Its schools average 449 students each, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,197 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Ada Public Schools compares

Ada Public SchoolsOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,197

Oklahoma median $9,827 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,413

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Students per school449

Oklahoma median 428 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 15% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor300

Oklahoma median 356 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 51%Local 32%

Measure	Ada Public Schools	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,197	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,413	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$26.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	196	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	413	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	300	356	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Oklahoma median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

In the news

0 stories matched

We haven't matched any stories to Ada Public Schools yet. Recent Oklahoma coverage is on the Oklahoma page.

Peer districts in Oklahoma

Compare side by side →

District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Western Heights Public SchoolsOklahoma City	2,828	7	$14,426	16.3	#40
Glenpool Public SchoolsGlenpool	2,826	5	$9,256	16.7	#41
Ada Public SchoolsAda · this district	2,696	6	$10,197	13.8	#42
Newcastle Public SchoolsNewcastle	2,618	4	$8,409	17.1	#43
Ardmore Public SchoolsArdmore	2,546	6	$10,590	20.5	#44

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Southern Regional School DistrictManahawkin, NJ	2,698	$22,820	11.7
Goshen LocalGoshen, OH	2,695	$12,000	18.3
Richland ParishRayville, LA	2,694	$12,816	16.5
DuxburyDuxbury, MA	2,694	$19,210	11.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ok-ada-public-schools