NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Sallisaw, OK

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

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7
Schools
2,793
Students
41.1/100
Avg Resource Index
16.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

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

3 of Sallisaw's 7 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 7-point gap between Brushy Public School and Sallisaw Ms shows the range hidden by Sallisaw'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 75%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
51st percentile
Teacher staffing
40th percentile

Sallisaw Hs accounts for 21.8% of all Sallisaw public-school enrollment

That concentration means Sallisaw-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

Sallisaw school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities

Sallisaw school enrollment ranges from 166 students (lowest) to 608 students (highest), a spread of 442 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

Sallisaw student-teacher ratio is 16.3:1 — 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 Sallisaw is typically wider than the Sallisaw-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Brushy Public School 44
2. Central Es 44
3. Eastside Es 42
4. Central Hs 42
5. Sallisaw Hs 41
6. Liberty Es 38
7. Sallisaw Ms 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sallisaw

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 Central Es 71.8/100
  2. 2 Liberty Es 71.5/100
  3. 3 Sallisaw Ms 71.2/100
  4. 4 Central Hs 71.2/100
  5. 5 Sallisaw Hs 70.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Sallisaw?

Which Sallisaw school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Brushy Public School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sallisaw schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sallisaw, OK? ▼

Sallisaw has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,793 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.3:1.

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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.