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Shawnee, Oklahoma - 3 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Bethel #342 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,014 per pupil, Bethel ranks #494 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,207
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$9,014
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bethel operates 3 public schools serving 1,207 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 Pottawatomie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,014 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 54 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oklahoma compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.0% local, 57.4% state, and 13.6% 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 26/100, ranked #342 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 294:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 13.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.8% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bethel Hs, with a diversity index of 53.1/100.
Its largest campus is Bethel Es, enrolling 556 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Bethel Es accounts for 46.1% of all Bethel student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bethel a distant remainder — means Bethel-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.
Bethel school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Bethel school enrollment ranges from 255 students (lowest) to 556 students (highest), a spread of 301 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.
Bethel student-counselor ratio is 294:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Bethel is typically wider than the Bethel-aggregate figure suggests.
Bethel chronic absenteeism rate is 13.5% — 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.