District profile / Oklahoma

Western Heights Public Schools

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Public school district · #40 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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2,828

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,426

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 47% above the Oklahoma median

16.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Western Heights Public Schools is a public school district based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, serving 2,828 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #40 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 68% of them. Its schools average 404 students each, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $14,426 per student on day-to-day operations, 47% more than the Oklahoma median. It has roughly 16.3 students per teacher.

How Western Heights compares

Western HeightsOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,426

Oklahoma median $9,827 · 47% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,001

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

Students per school404

Oklahoma median 428 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.3

Oklahoma median 16.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor314

Oklahoma median 356 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$42.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 19%Local 69%

Measure	Western Heights	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,426	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,001	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$42.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	174	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	466	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.3	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	314	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
El Reno Public SchoolsEl Reno	2,937	6	$10,379	16.2	#38
Pryor Public SchoolsPryor	2,910	5	$15,221	13.3	#39
Western Heights Public SchoolsOklahoma City · this district	2,828	7	$14,426	16.3	#40
Glenpool Public SchoolsGlenpool	2,826	5	$9,256	16.7	#41
Ada Public SchoolsAda	2,696	6	$10,197	13.8	#42

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Snowflake Unified District (4391)Snowflake, AZ	2,830	$8,060	22.5
South Orangetown Central School DistrictBlauvelt, NY	2,830	$31,044	10.6
Teton County School District #1Jackson, WY	2,827	$21,280	10.7
New Philadelphia CityNew Philadelphia, OH	2,826	$11,712	17.9

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-western-heights-public-schools