District profile / Oklahoma

Norman Public Schools

Norman, Oklahoma · Public school district · #7 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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16,048

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,114

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Oklahoma median

16.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Norman Public Schools is a public school district based in Norman, Oklahoma, serving 16,048 students in 25 schools. By enrollment it ranks #7 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 95% of them. Its schools average 642 students each, more than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,114 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.6 students per teacher.

How Norman compares

NormanOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,114

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

Instruction spending per student$6,200

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school642

Oklahoma median 428 · 50% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.6

Oklahoma median 16.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor328

Oklahoma median 356 · 8% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$171.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 43%Local 49%

Measure	Norman	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,114	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,200	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$171.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$171.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	968	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,996	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.6	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	328	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
Putnam City Public SchoolsWarr Acres	18,836	26	$10,260	16.0	#6
Norman Public SchoolsNorman · this district	16,048	25	$10,114	16.6	#7
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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Naperville CUSD 203Naperville, IL	16,047	$22,001	13.5
Bryan ISDBryan, TX	16,044	$11,360	14.0
Oxnard Union HighOxnard, CA	16,039	$13,649	22.8
York 03Rock Hill, SC	16,034	$12,655	13.3

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-norman-public-schools