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Carney, Oklahoma - 2 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Carney #239 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,353 per pupil, Carney ranks #207 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
216
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,353
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Carney operates 2 public schools serving 216 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 Lincoln County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,353 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 24.8% local, 57.7% state, and 17.5% 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 36/100, ranked #239 of 439 in Oklahoma against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 145.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 6.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.2% White, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Carney Es, enrolling 142 students (67% of the district's total enrollment).
Carney Es accounts for 65.7% of all Carney student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Carney a distant remainder — means Carney-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.
Carney student-counselor ratio is 146:1 — 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.
Carney chronic absenteeism rate is 6.8% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.