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Arkoma, Oklahoma - 3 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Arkoma #118 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,921 per pupil, Arkoma ranks #335 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
373
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,921
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Arkoma operates 3 public schools serving 373 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Le Flore County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,921 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oklahoma compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.5% local, 57.9% state, and 24.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #118 of 439 in Oklahoma against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 536.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.8% White, 12.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Arkoma Ms, with a diversity index of 64.1/100.
Its largest campus is Singleton Es, enrolling 168 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Singleton Es accounts for 45.0% of all Arkoma student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Arkoma a distant remainder — means Arkoma-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Arkoma school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Arkoma school enrollment ranges from 68 students (lowest) to 168 students (highest), a spread of 100 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Arkoma student-counselor ratio is 536:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Arkoma chronic absenteeism rate is 31.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.