Shawnee Public Schools
Shawnee Public Schools is a public school district based in Shawnee, Oklahoma, serving 3,329 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 75% of them. Its schools average 476 students each, more than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $11,085 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.
How Shawnee compares
Spending and staffing
| Measure | Shawnee | Oklahoma median | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current spending per student | $11,085 | $9,827 | FY2020-21 |
| Instruction spending per student | $6,290 | $5,709 | FY2020-21 |
| Total spending | $41.6 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Total revenue | $40.5 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 243 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Total staff (full-time equivalent) | 527 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Students per teacher | 13.7 | 16.3 | 2024-25 |
| Students per counselor | 238 | 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
Compare side by side →| District | Students | Schools | Spending per student | Students per teacher | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altus Public SchoolsAltus | 3,593 | 7 | $9,470 | 18.0 | #30 |
| Guthrie Public SchoolsGuthrie | 3,483 | 7 | $11,506 | 16.2 | #31 |
| Shawnee Public SchoolsShawnee · this district | 3,329 | 7 | $11,085 | 13.7 | #32 |
| Duncan Public SchoolsDuncan | 3,278 | 8 | $9,677 | 16.3 | #33 |
| Collinsville Public SchoolsCollinsville | 3,201 | 6 | $8,173 | 16.8 | #34 |
Similar-size districts nationally
| District | Students | Spending per student | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Junction R-ICarl Junction, MO | 3,331 | $8,344 | 13.8 |
| Stanislaus Union ElementaryModesto, CA | 3,329 | $13,479 | 21.6 |
| Roslyn Union Free School DistrictRoslyn, NY | 3,329 | $32,047 | 11.6 |
| Connellsville Area School DistrictConnellsville, PA | 3,328 | $15,031 | 12.8 |
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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