District profile / Oklahoma

Harrah Public Schools

Harrah, Oklahoma · Public school district · #54 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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2,077

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,725

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Oklahoma median

17.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Harrah Public Schools is a public school district based in Harrah, Oklahoma, serving 2,077 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #54 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 57% of them. Its schools average 415 students each, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,725 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 17.2 students per teacher.

How Harrah compares

HarrahOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,725

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

Instruction spending per student$5,617

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

Students per school415

Oklahoma median 428 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.2

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor346

Oklahoma median 356 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 54%Local 35%

Measure	Harrah	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,725	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,617	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	121	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	228	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.2	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	346	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
Poteau Public SchoolsPoteau	2,146	5	$10,982	15.1	#52
Elk City Public SchoolsElk City	2,122	4	$9,363	16.8	#53
Harrah Public SchoolsHarrah · this district	2,077	5	$10,725	17.2	#54
Cache Public SchoolsCache	2,029	3	$11,101	15.7	#55
Clinton Public SchoolsClinton	2,023	5	$11,335	15.7	#56

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ocean ViewOxnard, CA	2,077	$14,224	22.1
Dolton School District 148Riverdale, IL	2,077	$17,636	13.7
Romulus Community SchoolsRomulus, MI	2,077	$13,180	15.6
Copiah County School DistrictHazlehurst, MS	2,077	$9,103	14.6

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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