NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Del City, OK

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5 public K-12 schools in Del City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
3,640
Students
34.2/100
Avg Resource Index
17.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Del City has more public-school enrollment than 39% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Del City's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Del City's 5 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 14-point gap between Townsend Es and Del City Es shows the range hidden by Del City'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.

City enrollment
Top 61%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
23rd percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Del City Hs accounts for 32.4% of all Del City public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Del City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Del City school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities

Del City school enrollment ranges from 433 students (lowest) to 1,180 students (highest), a spread of 747 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

Del City operates one school district — a single-district system

Del City's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Del City student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Del City is typically wider than the Del City-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Townsend Es 41
2. Del City Ms 37
3. Del City Hs 34
4. Epperly Heights Es 32
5. Del City Es 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Del City

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.

  1. 1 Del City Es 76.3/100
  2. 2 Epperly Heights Es 75.8/100
  3. 3 Townsend Es 75.1/100
  4. 4 Del City Ms 73.8/100
  5. 5 Del City Hs 73.4/100

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Which Del City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Townsend Es has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Del City schools in this federal-data comparison at 41/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Del City, OK? ▼

Del City has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,640 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.

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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.