NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Seminole, OK

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

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10
Schools
2,149
Students
48/100
Avg Resource Index
22.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Seminole has more public-school enrollment than 15% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Seminole's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Seminole's 10 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Seminole's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 81st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 8th percentile. The 73-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 85%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
81st percentile
Teacher staffing
8th percentile

Seminole Hs accounts for 20.1% of all Seminole public-school enrollment

That concentration means Seminole-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

Seminole school enrollment varies 8.6× across entities

Seminole school enrollment ranges from 50 students (lowest) to 432 students (highest), a spread of 382 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

Seminole student-teacher ratio is 22.1:1 — 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

2 of Seminole's 10 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Strother Hs 59
2. Academy of Seminole Charter Hs 53
3. Academy of Seminole Charter Es 51
4. Varnum Es 49
5. Seminole Hs 48
6. Northwood Es 48
7. Wilson Es 47
8. Seminole Ms 47
9. Varnum Hs 43
10. Strother Es 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Seminole

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 Varnum Hs 73.8/100
  2. 2 Varnum Es 71.4/100
  3. 3 Seminole Hs 71.2/100
  4. 4 Northwood Es 70.7/100
  5. 5 Seminole Ms 68.4/100

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Which Seminole school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Strother Hs has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Seminole 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 Seminole, OK? ▼

Seminole has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,149 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.1:1.

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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.