Public schools in Ponca City, OK

Ponca City has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,869 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Ponca City Public Schools runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Ponca City's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Ponca CityDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Ponca City Public Schools114,612$10,667
McCord Public School District1313$8,661
Kildare191$20,912

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Ponca City, 1,498 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ponca City High School1,49819.6not reportedPonca City Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Ponca City, 927 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ponca City West Middle School60715.3not reportedPonca City Public Schools
Ponca City East Middle School32015.4not reportedPonca City Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Ponca City, 2,229 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lincoln Elementary School31616.6not reportedPonca City Public Schools
Mccord Public School29414.1not reportedMcCord
Union Elementary School27215.7not reportedPonca City Public Schools
E. M. Trout Elementary School26717.9not reportedPonca City Public Schools
Woodlands Elementary School25818.2not reportedPonca City Public Schools
Roosevelt Elementary School25216.2not reportedPonca City Public Schools
Liberty Elementary School24115.8not reportedPonca City Public Schools
Garfield Elementary School22018.3not reportedPonca City Public Schools
Kildare Public School10911.3not reportedKildare

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Ponca City, 215 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Washington Pre Kg Center21521.3not reportedPonca City Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Ponca City's public schools compare with Oklahoma's

The median Ponca City school has 16.2 students per full-time teacher, more than the Oklahoma median of 15.4. 85% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 67% across the state. Its median school enrolls 267 students (state 300).

Ponca City against Oklahoma, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Ponca CityOklahoma
Median students per teacher16.215.4
Median school size (students)267300
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)85%67%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%48%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 Ponca City schools and the 1,755 Oklahoma schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Ponca City

  1. Ponca City Public SchoolsRuns 11 of Ponca City's 13 public schools and spent $10,667 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,667
  2. Ponca City High School, the largest high school in Ponca City1,498 students in 2024-25, 19.6 per teacher.1,498
  3. Compare Ponca City Public Schools with McCord Public School DistrictPonca City's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in OklahomaOklahoma's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Ponca City addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

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  7. Enid19 schools
  8. Moore18 schools

Questions about schools in Ponca City

  1. How many public schools are in Ponca City, OK?
    13 public schools with an address in Ponca City were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,869 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Ponca City?
    Ponca City High School, with 1,498 students in 2024-25 (Ponca City Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Ponca City's schools?
    Ponca City Public Schools (11 schools), McCord Public School District (1 school), Kildare (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .