NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Muskogee, OK

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

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16
Schools
6,857
Students
40.9/100
Avg Resource Index
18.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Muskogee has more public-school enrollment than 68% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Muskogee 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

Muskogee's list includes 5 elementary, 3 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 5 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 44-point gap between Oklahoma Schl for the Blind Es and Muskogee Ec Ctr shows the range hidden by Muskogee'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 32%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
50th percentile
Teacher staffing
20th percentile

Muskogee Hs accounts for 15.2% of all Muskogee public-school enrollment

That concentration means Muskogee-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

Muskogee school enrollment varies 75× across entities

Muskogee school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 1,045 students (highest), a spread of 1,031 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Muskogee student-teacher ratio is 18.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Oklahoma Schl for the Blind Es 61
2. Oklahoma Schl for the Blind Ms 60
3. Hilldale Ms 51
4. Hilldale Lower Es 50
5. Oklahoma Schl for the Blind Hs 50
6. Hilldale Hs 46
7. Sadler Arts Academy 44
8. Creek Es 43
9. Muskogee Hs 38
10. 8th and 9th Grade Academy 38
11. 6th and 7th Grade Academy 35
12. Cherokee Es 34
13. Pershing Es 34
14. Tony Goetz Es 30
15. Irving Es 24
16. Muskogee Ec Ctr 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Muskogee

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 Muskogee Hs 78.5/100
  2. 2 8th and 9th Grade Academy 77.3/100
  3. 3 6th and 7th Grade Academy 77.1/100
  4. 4 Pershing Es 76.9/100
  5. 5 Tony Goetz Es 76.7/100

What do families ask about schools in Muskogee?

Which Muskogee school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Oklahoma Schl for the Blind Es has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Muskogee 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.

How many schools are in Muskogee, OK? ▼

Muskogee has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,857 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.9:1.

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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.