District profile / Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Public Schools

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Public school district · #2 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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32,750

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,050

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 33% above the Oklahoma median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Oklahoma City Public Schools is a public school district based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, serving 32,750 students in 57 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 575 students each, more than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $13,050 per student on day-to-day operations, 33% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How Oklahoma City compares

Oklahoma CityOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,050

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 33% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,529

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 14% above · FY2020-21

Students per school575

Oklahoma median 428 · 34% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Oklahoma median 16.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor298

Oklahoma median 356 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$424.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 41%Local 40%

Measure	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,050	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,529	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$433.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$424.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,020	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,405	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	298	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
Tulsa Public SchoolsTulsa	33,617	69	$11,764	18.1	#1
Oklahoma City Public SchoolsOklahoma City · this district	32,750	57	$13,050	16.2	#2
Edmond Public SchoolsEdmond	25,746	28	$8,942	17.2	#3
Moore Public SchoolsMoore	23,567	34	$9,664	17.4	#4
Broken Arrow Public SchoolsBroken Arrow	19,882	26	$8,462	17.6	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Saint Paul Public SchoolsSaint Paul, MN	33,041	$17,834	14.8
Fontana UnifiedFontana, CA	32,794	$16,217	21.7
Canyons DistrictSandy, UT	32,688	$9,484	21.4
Spring Branch ISDHouston, TX	32,668	$11,606	15.1

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.

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