Public schools in Shawnee, OK

Shawnee has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 6,877 students. They are run by 6 districts and agencies; Shawnee Public Schools runs 7 of them.

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

The 6 districts and agencies that run Shawnee's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in ShawneeDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Shawnee Public Schools73,332$12,876
North Rock Creek41,208$10,832
Bethel Public Schools31,207$10,233
Grove1551$11,287
South Rock Creek1428$7,689
Pleasant Grove1211$11,659

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.

3 high schools in Shawnee, 1,881 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Shawnee High School1,04515.6All free (CEP)Shawnee Public Schools
North Rock Creek High School48715.6not reportedNorth Rock Creek
Bethel High School34914.1not reportedBethel 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.

4 middle schools in Shawnee, 1,236 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Shawnee Middle School69312.0All free (CEP)Shawnee Public Schools
Bethel Middle School25514.9not reportedBethel Public Schools
North Rock Creek Intermediate14717.3not reportedNorth Rock Creek
North Rock Creek Middle School14117.5not reportedNorth Rock Creek

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.

10 elementary schools in Shawnee, 3,760 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bethel Elementary School55615.7All free (CEP)Bethel Public Schools
Grove Public School53915.5not reportedGrove
North Rock Creek Elementary School45817.5not reportedNorth Rock Creek
South Rock Creek Public School41817.1not reportedSouth Rock Creek
Will Rogers Elementary School36714.1All free (CEP)Shawnee Public Schools
Shawnee Ec Ctr35012.7All free (CEP)Shawnee Public Schools
Jefferson Elementary School34814.6All free (CEP)Shawnee Public Schools
Sequoyah Elementary School29313.5All free (CEP)Shawnee Public Schools
Horace Mann Elementary School23312.0All free (CEP)Shawnee Public Schools
Pleasant Grove Public School19815.2All free (CEP)Pleasant Grove

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 Shawnee's public schools compare with Oklahoma's

The median Shawnee school has 15.2 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 15.4. 65% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 67% across the state. Its median school enrolls 350 students (state 300).

Shawnee against Oklahoma, schools open in 2024-25 with students
ShawneeOklahoma
Median students per teacher15.215.4
Median school size (students)350300
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)65%67%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)53%48%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Shawnee 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 Shawnee

  1. Shawnee Public SchoolsRuns 7 of Shawnee's 17 public schools and spent $12,876 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,876
  2. Shawnee High School, the largest high school in Shawnee1,045 students in 2024-25, 15.6 per teacher.1,045
  3. Compare Shawnee Public Schools with North Rock CreekShawnee'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 Shawnee 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.

Other cities in Oklahoma

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  2. TUlsa101 schools
  3. Edmond36 schools
  4. Broken Arrow34 schools
  5. Norman30 schools
  6. Lawton26 schools
  7. Enid19 schools
  8. Moore18 schools

Questions about schools in Shawnee

  1. How many public schools are in Shawnee, OK?
    17 public schools with an address in Shawnee were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 6,877 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Shawnee?
    Shawnee High School, with 1,045 students in 2024-25 (Shawnee Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Shawnee's schools?
    Shawnee Public Schools (7 schools), North Rock Creek (4 schools), Bethel Public Schools (3 schools), Grove (1 school), and 2 more. 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 .