16 public K-12 schools in Ada from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Ada has more public-school enrollment than 63% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Ada sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
7 of Ada's 16 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
Ada's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 90th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 48th percentile. The 42-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.
Ada school enrollment ranges from 164 students (lowest) to 581 students (highest), a spread of 417 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Ada is typically wider than the Ada-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vanoss Hs | 61 |
| 2. | Francis Es | 60 |
| 3. | Ada Hs | 58 |
| 4. | Latta Hs | 57 |
| 5. | Latta Ms | 57 |
| 6. | Homer Es | 56 |
| 7. | Willard Es | 54 |
| 8. | Ada Jhs | 52 |
| 9. | Washington Es | 50 |
| 10. | Byng Jhs | 50 |
| 11. | Byng Hs | 50 |
| 12. | Vanoss Es | 48 |
| 13. | Ada Ec Ctr | 46 |
| 14. | Latta Es | 44 |
| 15. | Byng Es | 44 |
| 16. | Hayes Es | 37 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Vanoss Hs has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Ada schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Ada has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,957 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
