NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Elk City, OK

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6 public K-12 schools in Elk 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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6
Schools
2,908
Students
41.3/100
Avg Resource Index
16.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Elk City has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Elk City 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Elk City's list includes 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 19-point gap between Merritt Hs and Elk City Hs shows the range hidden by Elk 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 73%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
52nd percentile
Teacher staffing
38th percentile

Elk City Es accounts for 25.1% of all Elk City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Elk City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Elk City school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities

Elk City school enrollment ranges from 165 students (lowest) to 729 students (highest), a spread of 564 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

Elk City student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1 — 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 Elk City is typically wider than the Elk City-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Merritt Hs 53
2. Elk City Es 41
3. Merritt Es 41
4. Elk City Ies 41
5. Elk City Ms 38
6. Elk City Hs 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Elk 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 Elk City Ms 58.6/100
  2. 2 Elk City Es 57.7/100
  3. 3 Elk City Ies 56.6/100
  4. 4 Elk City Hs 56.0/100
  5. 5 Merritt Hs 36.6/100

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

Merritt Hs has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Elk City schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Elk City, OK? ▼

Elk City has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,908 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.5:1.

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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.