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Broken Bow, Oklahoma - 4 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Broken Bow #368 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,703 per pupil, Broken Bow ranks #363 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,583
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,703
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Broken Bow operates 4 public schools serving 1,583 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 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 Mccurtain County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,703 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 34.1% local, 47.5% state, and 18.4% 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 #368 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 489.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 31.8% White, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bennett Es, with a diversity index of 80.4/100.
Its largest campus is Broken Bow Hs, enrolling 606 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Broken Bow Hs accounts for 37.8% of all Broken Bow student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Broken Bow-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 Bow school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Broken Bow school enrollment ranges from 269 students (lowest) to 606 students (highest), a spread of 337 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.
Broken Bow student-counselor ratio is 490:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Broken Bow chronic absenteeism rate is 19.1% — 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 Bow is typically wider than the Broken Bow-aggregate figure suggests.