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Barnsdall, Oklahoma - 3 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Barnsdall #373 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,652 per pupil, Barnsdall ranks #367 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
435
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,652
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Barnsdall operates 3 public schools serving 435 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Osage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,652 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 39.2% local, 41.3% state, and 19.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 24/100, ranked #373 of 439 in Oklahoma against a state average of 38, notably less 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 (3 AP courses district-wide), a 183.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 10.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.2% White, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Barnsdall Middle School, with a diversity index of 60.2/100.
Its largest campus is Barnsdall Es, enrolling 222 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Barnsdall Es accounts for 49.1% of all Barnsdall student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Barnsdall a distant remainder — means Barnsdall-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.
Barnsdall school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Barnsdall school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 222 students (highest), a spread of 137 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.
Barnsdall student-counselor ratio is 184:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Barnsdall chronic absenteeism rate is 10.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.