District profile / Oklahoma

Woodward Public Schools

Woodward, Oklahoma · Public school district · #48 of 124 Oklahoma districts by enrollment

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2,395

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,242

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Oklahoma median

16.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Oklahoma median 16.3

Woodward Public Schools is a public school district based in Woodward, Oklahoma, serving 2,395 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #48 of the 124 Oklahoma districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 62% of them. Its schools average 342 students each, fewer than the Oklahoma median of 428. It spends about $10,242 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.9 students per teacher.

How Woodward compares

WoodwardOklahoma median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,242

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

Instruction spending per student$5,951

Oklahoma median $5,709 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school342

Oklahoma median 428 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.9

Oklahoma median 16.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor299

Oklahoma median 356 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$35.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 33%Local 45%

Measure	Woodward	Oklahoma median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,242	$9,827	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,951	$5,709	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$35.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	142	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	349	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.9	16.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	299	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
Elgin Public SchoolsElgin	2,534	3	$9,251	18.0	#45
Grove Public SchoolsGrove	2,425	4	$10,043	15.3	#46
Weatherford Public SchoolsWeatherford	2,404	6	$9,126	16.6	#47
Woodward Public SchoolsWoodward · this district	2,395	7	$10,242	16.9	#48
Skiatook Public SchoolsSkiatook	2,312	5	$9,134	18.3	#49

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Tecumseh Public SchoolsTecumseh, MI	2,397	$10,895	17.4
Farmersville ISDFarmersville, TX	2,397	$11,306	17.6
North Lamar ISDParis, TX	2,395	$10,951	13.5
Ridgeland School District 122Oak Lawn, IL	2,394	$14,635	13.8

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ok-woodward-public-schools