District profile / Oklahoma

Broken Bow Public Schools

Broken Bow, Oklahoma · Public school district · #72 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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1,605

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,009

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Oklahoma median

15.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Broken Bow Public Schools is a public school district based in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, serving 1,605 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #72 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 42% of them. Its schools average 401 students each, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,009 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.6 students per teacher.

How Broken Bow compares

Broken BowOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,009

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

Instruction spending per student$6,148

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Students per school401

Oklahoma median 428 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.6

Oklahoma median 16.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor401

Oklahoma median 356 · 13% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$16.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 51%Local 32%

Measure	Broken Bow	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,009	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,148	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$16.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	103	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	148	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.6	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	401	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
Broken Bow Public SchoolsBroken Bow · this district	1,605	4	$10,009	15.6	#72
Perkins-Tryon Public SchoolsPerkins	1,591	4	$8,673	15.4	#73
Plainview Public SchoolsArdmore	1,568	4	$8,588	14.4	#74
Jay Public SchoolsJay	1,559	4	$13,718	14.8	#75
McLoud Public SchoolsMcLoud	1,551	5	$9,903	14.4	#76

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Philipsburg-Osceola Area School DistrictPhilipsburg, PA	1,606	$17,967	12.4
Athol-RoyalstonAthol, MA	1,604	$18,429	12.8
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School DistrictHastings On Hudson, NY	1,604	$34,129	10.4
North Marion School District 15Aurora, OR	1,604	$13,419	15.9

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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