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Atoka, Oklahoma - 2 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Atoka #52 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,464 per pupil, Atoka ranks #149 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
868
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,464
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Atoka operates 2 public schools serving 868 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Atoka County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,464 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oklahoma compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.4% local, 54.4% state, and 24.2% 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 54/100, ranked #52 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.
a 122:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.1% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Atoka Es, enrolling 558 students (68% of the district's total enrollment).
Atoka Es accounts for 64.3% of all Atoka student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Atoka a distant remainder — means Atoka-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.
Atoka student-counselor ratio is 122:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Atoka chronic absenteeism rate is 25.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Atoka is typically wider than the Atoka-aggregate figure suggests.