District profile / Oklahoma

Poteau Public Schools

Poteau, Oklahoma · Public school district · #52 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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2,146

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,982

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% above the Oklahoma median

15.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Poteau Public Schools is a public school district based in Poteau, Oklahoma, serving 2,146 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #52 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 59% of them. Its schools average 429 students each, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,982 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 15.1 students per teacher.

How Poteau compares

PoteauOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,982

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,082

Oklahoma median $5,709 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school429

Oklahoma median 428 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.1

Oklahoma median 16.3 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor268

Oklahoma median 356 · 25% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 61%Local 23%

Measure	Poteau	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,982	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,082	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	142	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	261	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.1	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	268	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
Blanchard Public SchoolsBlanchard	2,230	4	$8,884	18.3	#50
Chickasha Public SchoolsChickasha	2,225	5	$11,293	15.6	#51
Poteau Public SchoolsPoteau · this district	2,146	5	$10,982	15.1	#52
Elk City Public SchoolsElk City	2,122	4	$9,363	16.8	#53
Harrah Public SchoolsHarrah	2,077	5	$10,725	17.2	#54

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Berkeley School District 87Berkeley, IL	2,147	$17,669	11.5
Paw Paw Public School DistrictPaw Paw, MI	2,146	$11,015	16.6
Richland County CUSD 1Olney, IL	2,145	$12,629	15.0
West Feliciana ParishSt. Francisville, LA	2,145	$17,472	9.4

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-poteau-public-schools