Public schools in Tahlequah, OK

Tahlequah has 11 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 1 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,208 students. They are run by 6 districts and agencies; Tahlequah Public Schools runs 6 of them.

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

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

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

DistrictSchools in TahlequahDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Tahlequah Public Schools63,607$12,004
Grand View School1503$14,390
Briggs School1421$10,542
Woodall Public Schools1384$11,047
Cherokee Immersion Charter School1103$21,398
Lowrey1100$15,280

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 Tahlequah, 1,358 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Tahlequah High School1,35816.2All free (CEP)Tahlequah 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.

One middle school in Tahlequah, 730 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Tahlequah Middle School73016.9All free (CEP)Tahlequah 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.

8 elementary schools in Tahlequah, 2,938 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Grand View Public School52112.6All free (CEP)Grand View School
Heritage Elementary School50115.8All free (CEP)Tahlequah Public Schools
Greenwood Elementary School50016.0All free (CEP)Tahlequah Public Schools
Cherokee Elementary School44115.4All free (CEP)Tahlequah Public Schools
Briggs Public School39016.5not reportedBriggs School
Woodall Public School37313.5not reportedWoodall Public Schools
Cherokee Immersion Charter School11213.8not reportedCherokee Immersion Charter School
Lowrey Public School1009.2All free (CEP)Lowrey

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 Tahlequah, 182 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Sequoyah Elementary School18220.2All free (CEP)Tahlequah 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 Tahlequah's public schools compare with Oklahoma's

The median Tahlequah school has 15.8 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Oklahoma median of 15.4. 100% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 67% across the state. Its median school enrolls 441 students (state 300).

Tahlequah against Oklahoma, schools open in 2024-25 with students
TahlequahOklahoma
Median students per teacher15.815.4
Median school size (students)441300
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)100%67%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)73%48%
Charter schools9.1%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 11 Tahlequah 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 Tahlequah

  1. Tahlequah Public SchoolsRuns 6 of Tahlequah's 11 public schools and spent $12,004 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,004
  2. Tahlequah High School, the largest high school in Tahlequah1,358 students in 2024-25, 16.2 per teacher.1,358
  3. Compare Tahlequah Public Schools with Grand View SchoolTahlequah'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 Tahlequah 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 Tahlequah

  1. How many public schools are in Tahlequah, OK?
    11 public schools with an address in Tahlequah were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 1 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,208 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Tahlequah?
    Tahlequah High School, with 1,358 students in 2024-25 (Tahlequah Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Tahlequah's schools?
    Tahlequah Public Schools (6 schools), Grand View School (1 school), Briggs School (1 school), Woodall Public Schools (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 .