NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Salina, OK

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5 public K-12 schools in Salina 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
927
Students
46.6/100
Avg Resource Index
15.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Salina has more public-school enrollment than 2% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Salina 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Salina'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 29-point gap between Salina Es and Kenwood Public School shows the range hidden by Salina'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
76th percentile
Teacher staffing
45th percentile

Salina Es accounts for 34.0% of all Salina public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Salina-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

Salina school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities

Salina school enrollment ranges from 90 students (lowest) to 315 students (highest), a spread of 225 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

Salina student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — 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 Salina is typically wider than the Salina-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Salina Es 58
2. Wickliffe Public School 57
3. Salina Ms 47
4. Salina Hs 42
5. Kenwood Public School 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Salina

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 Salina Es 68.0/100
  2. 2 Salina Hs 62.8/100
  3. 3 Salina Ms 58.9/100
  4. 4 Wickliffe Public School 39.3/100
  5. 5 Kenwood Public School 8.5/100

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Which Salina school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Salina Es has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Salina schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Salina, OK? ▼

Salina has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 927 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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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.