District profile / Oklahoma

Blanchard Public Schools

Blanchard, Oklahoma · Public school district · #50 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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2,230

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,884

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 10% below the Oklahoma median

18.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Blanchard Public Schools is a public school district based in Blanchard, Oklahoma, serving 2,230 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #50 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 60% of them. Its schools average 558 students each, more than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $8,884 per student on day-to-day operations, 10% less than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 18.3 students per teacher.

How Blanchard compares

BlanchardOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,884

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,603

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

Students per school558

Oklahoma median 428 · 30% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.3

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 12% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor558

Oklahoma median 356 · 57% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 49%Local 41%

Measure	Blanchard	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,884	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,603	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	122	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	249	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.3	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	558	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
Skiatook Public SchoolsSkiatook	2,312	5	$9,134	18.3	#49
Blanchard Public SchoolsBlanchard · this district	2,230	4	$8,884	18.3	#50
Chickasha Public SchoolsChickasha	2,225	5	$11,293	15.6	#51
Poteau Public SchoolsPoteau	2,146	5	$10,982	15.1	#52
Elk City Public SchoolsElk City	2,122	4	$9,363	16.8	#53

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Whiteriver Unified District (4394)Whiteriver, AZ	2,231	$13,393	16.4
Phoenix-Talent School District 4Phoenix, OR	2,231	$13,089	17.7
Oroville Union HighOroville, CA	2,230	$13,990	18.7
Batavia City School DistrictBatavia, NY	2,230	$20,462	10.4

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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