NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OK

Best-Resourced Schools in Weatherford, OK

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

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5
Schools
2,268
Students
40/100
Avg Resource Index
16.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Weatherford has more public-school enrollment than 16% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Weatherford's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Weatherford's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 15-point gap between Weatherford Ms and East Intermediate School shows the range hidden by Weatherford'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 84%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
45th percentile
Teacher staffing
41st percentile

Weatherford Hs accounts for 29.0% of all Weatherford public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Weatherford-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

Weatherford school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities

Weatherford school enrollment ranges from 326 students (lowest) to 657 students (highest), a spread of 331 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

Weatherford operates one school district — a single-district system

Weatherford's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Weatherford student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1 — 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 Weatherford is typically wider than the Weatherford-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Weatherford Ms 45
2. General Thomas P Stafford Elementary 43
3. Weatherford Hs 42
4. Burcham Es 40
5. East Intermediate School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Weatherford

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 Weatherford Ms 60.7/100
  2. 2 East Intermediate School 59.8/100
  3. 3 Burcham Es 58.7/100
  4. 4 General Thomas P Stafford Elementary 58.5/100
  5. 5 Weatherford Hs 57.8/100

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Which Weatherford school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Weatherford Ms has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Weatherford schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Weatherford, OK? ▼

Weatherford has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,268 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.2:1.

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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.