14 public K-12 schools in Ardmore 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, Ardmore has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Ardmore 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.
Ardmore's list includes 5 elementary, 3 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.
The 22-point gap between Plainview Intermediate Es and Lincoln Es shows the range hidden by Ardmore's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Ardmore school enrollment ranges from 277 students (lowest) to 707 students (highest), a spread of 430 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 Ardmore is typically wider than the Ardmore-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Plainview Intermediate Es | 56 |
| 2. | Plainview Hs | 53 |
| 3. | Dickson Ms | 49 |
| 4. | Dickson Upper Es | 48 |
| 5. | Plainview Primary Es | 47 |
| 6. | Dickson Es | 47 |
| 7. | Ardmore Ms | 47 |
| 8. | Plainview Ms | 43 |
| 9. | Dickson Hs | 43 |
| 10. | Ardmore Hs | 36 |
| 11. | Charles Evans Es | 36 |
| 12. | Will Rogers Es | 35 |
| 13. | Lincoln Es | 34 |
| 14. | Jefferson Es | 34 |
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.
Plainview Intermediate Es has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Ardmore schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Ardmore has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,343 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.5:1.
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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.
