NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Tahlequah, OK

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

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11
Schools
5,208
Students
44.6/100
Avg Resource Index
15.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Tahlequah has more public-school enrollment than 57% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Tahlequah 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

6 of Tahlequah's 11 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 15-point gap between Lowrey Public School and Heritage Es shows the range hidden by Tahlequah'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 43%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
52nd percentile

Tahlequah Hs accounts for 26.1% of all Tahlequah public-school enrollment

That concentration means Tahlequah-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

Tahlequah school enrollment varies 14× across entities

Tahlequah school enrollment ranges from 100 students (lowest) to 1,358 students (highest), a spread of 1,258 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Tahlequah operates 6 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Tahlequah student-teacher ratio is 15.2:1 — 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 Tahlequah is typically wider than the Tahlequah-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lowrey Public School 53
2. Grand View Public School 50
3. Cherokee Immersion Charter Sch 50
4. Briggs Public School 47
5. Tahlequah Ms 44
6. Greenwood Es 44
7. Tahlequah Hs 42
8. Woodall Public School 42
9. Cherokee Es 41
10. Sequoyah Es 40
11. Heritage Es 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Tahlequah

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 Tahlequah Ms 75.0/100
  2. 2 Greenwood Es 74.8/100
  3. 3 Sequoyah Es 74.5/100
  4. 4 Tahlequah Hs 74.3/100
  5. 5 Heritage Es 74.3/100

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Which Tahlequah school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lowrey Public School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Tahlequah schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Tahlequah, OK? ▼

Tahlequah has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,208 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.2:1.

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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.