District profile / Oklahoma

Elk City Public Schools

Elk City, Oklahoma · Public school district · #53 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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2,122

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,363

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Oklahoma median

16.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Elk City Public Schools is a public school district based in Elk City, Oklahoma, serving 2,122 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #53 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 58% of them. Its schools average 530 students each, more than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $9,363 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.8 students per teacher.

How Elk City compares

Elk CityOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,363

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

Instruction spending per student$5,459

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

Students per school530

Oklahoma median 428 · 24% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.8

Oklahoma median 16.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor265

Oklahoma median 356 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 41%Local 45%

Measure	Elk City	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,363	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,459	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	126	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	264	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.8	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	265	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
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 · this district	2,122	4	$9,363	16.8	#53
Harrah Public SchoolsHarrah	2,077	5	$10,725	17.2	#54
Cache Public SchoolsCache	2,029	3	$11,101	15.7	#55

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Kodiak Island Borough School DistrictKodiak, AK	2,122	$24,102	14.2
Palos CCSD 118Palos Park, IL	2,122	$20,931	13.7
Lawrenceburg Community School CorporationLawrenceburg, IN	2,122	$8,964	16.2
CircleTowanda, KS	2,122	$11,157	14.1

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-elk-city-public-schools