District profile / Oklahoma

Ardmore Public Schools

Ardmore, Oklahoma · Public school district · #44 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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2,546

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,590

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% above the Oklahoma median

20.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Ardmore Public Schools is a public school district based in Ardmore, Oklahoma, serving 2,546 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #44 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 65% of them. Its schools average 424 students each, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,590 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 20.5 students per teacher.

How Ardmore compares

ArdmoreOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,590

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,597

Oklahoma median $5,709 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school424

Oklahoma median 428 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher20.5

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 26% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor424

Oklahoma median 356 · 19% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$34.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 35%Local 45%

Measure	Ardmore	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,590	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,597	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$34.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	124	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	388	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	20.5	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	424	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.

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Peer districts in Oklahoma

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Ada Public SchoolsAda	2,696	6	$10,197	13.8	#42
Newcastle Public SchoolsNewcastle	2,618	4	$8,409	17.1	#43
Ardmore Public SchoolsArdmore · this district	2,546	6	$10,590	20.5	#44
Elgin Public SchoolsElgin	2,534	3	$9,251	18.0	#45
Grove Public SchoolsGrove	2,425	4	$10,043	15.3	#46

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lansing School District 158Lansing, IL	2,547	$11,383	15.7
Ashland School District 5Ashland, OR	2,547	$15,555	17.4
Greendale School DistrictGreendale, WI	2,546	$12,976	13.6
Laurel School DistrictLaurel, DE	2,544	$12,563	17.3

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.

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