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Broken Arrow, Oklahoma - 27 schools
An equity score of 11/100 ranks Broken Arrow #432 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,755 per pupil, Broken Arrow ranks #513 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
20,115
Total Enrollment
27
Schools
$8,755
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Broken Arrow operates 27 public schools serving 20,115 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 19 combined, 5 middle, 2 high, 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Tulsa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,755 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 42.6% local, 41.9% state, and 15.5% 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 11/100, ranked #432 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 2 of 27 schools offering Advanced Placement (38 AP courses district-wide), a 503:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.6% White, 20.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Country Lane Intermediate Es, with a diversity index of 75.1/100.
Its largest campus is Broken Arrow Hs, enrolling 4,802 students (24% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Arrow Springs Early Childhood, at 138 students, a 35x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Broken Arrow Hs accounts for 23.9% of all Broken Arrow student enrollment
That concentration means Broken Arrow-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Broken Arrow school enrollment varies 35× across entities
Broken Arrow school enrollment ranges from 138 students (lowest) to 4,802 students (highest), a spread of 4,664 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Broken Arrow student-counselor ratio is 503:1 — 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.
Broken Arrow chronic absenteeism rate is 20.6% — 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 Broken Arrow is typically wider than the Broken Arrow-aggregate figure suggests.