NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Okemah, OK

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5 public K-12 schools in Okemah 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
877
Students
51/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Okemah has more public-school enrollment than 2% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Okemah lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Okemah'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 16-point gap between Bearden Public School and Okemah Ms shows the range hidden by Okemah'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 98%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
89th percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Oakes Es accounts for 27.0% of all Okemah public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Okemah-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

Okemah school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities

Okemah school enrollment ranges from 97 students (lowest) to 237 students (highest), a spread of 140 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

Okemah student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — 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 Okemah is typically wider than the Okemah-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Bearden Public School 59
2. Okemah Noble Ctr 52
3. Oakes Es 51
4. Okemah Hs 50
5. Okemah Ms 43

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Okemah

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 Okemah Noble Ctr 69.9/100
  2. 2 Oakes Es 68.5/100
  3. 3 Okemah Hs 67.9/100
  4. 4 Okemah Ms 66.1/100
  5. 5 Bearden Public School 61.0/100

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Which Okemah school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bearden Public School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Okemah schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Okemah, OK? ▼

Okemah has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 877 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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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.