District profile / Oklahoma

Jay Public Schools

Jay, Oklahoma · Public school district · #75 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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1,559

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,718

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 40% above the Oklahoma median

14.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Jay Public Schools is a public school district based in Jay, Oklahoma, serving 1,559 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #75 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 40% of them. Its schools average 390 students each, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $13,718 per student on day-to-day operations, 40% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 14.8 students per teacher.

How Jay Public Schools compares

Jay Public SchoolsOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,718

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 40% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,597

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 33% above · FY2020-21

Students per school390

Oklahoma median 428 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.8

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor390

Oklahoma median 356 · 10% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 36%State 40%Local 24%

Measure	Jay Public Schools	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,718	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,597	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	105	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	257	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.8	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	390	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
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 · this district	1,559	4	$13,718	14.8	#75
McLoud Public SchoolsMcLoud	1,551	5	$9,903	14.4	#76
Cleveland Public SchoolsCleveland	1,538	4	$9,361	15.7	#77

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Claremont School DistrictClaremont, NH	1,560	$21,861	10.6
St. James R-ISt James, MO	1,559	$10,091	12.9
Boonton Town Public School DistrictBoonton, NJ	1,559	$23,504	10.4
Galion CityGalion, OH	1,559	$13,560	17.7

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-jay-public-schools