District profile / Oklahoma

Jenks Public Schools

Jenks, Oklahoma · Public school district · #11 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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12,527

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,510

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Oklahoma median

16.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Jenks Public Schools is a public school district based in Jenks, Oklahoma, serving 12,527 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #11 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 1,566 students each, more than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $9,510 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.7 students per teacher.

How Jenks compares

JenksOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,510

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

Instruction spending per student$5,359

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school1,566

Oklahoma median 428 · 266% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.7

Oklahoma median 16.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor391

Oklahoma median 356 · 10% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$143.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 34%Local 57%

Measure	Jenks	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,510	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,359	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$146.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$143.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	748	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,715	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.7	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	391	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
Union Public SchoolsTulsa	14,950	17	$10,580	17.7	#8
Lawton Public SchoolsLawton	13,642	23	$11,219	16.1	#9
Mustang Public SchoolsYukon	13,426	16	$8,677	17.6	#10
Jenks Public SchoolsJenks · this district	12,527	8	$9,510	16.7	#11
Midwest City-Del City Public SchoolsMidwest City	12,087	19	$11,117	17.2	#12

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Dickinson ISDDickinson, TX	12,554	$10,923	14.6
Central Dauphin School DistrictHarrisburg, PA	12,517	$13,889	13.9
Cleveland ISDCleveland, TX	12,513	$11,194	15.5
New BedfordNew Bedford, MA	12,505	$18,357	11.8

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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