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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 2 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Harding Independence #269 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,386 per pupil, Harding Independence ranks #523 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
950
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$8,386
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Harding Independence operates 2 public schools serving 950 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 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 Oklahoma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,386 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 8.0% local, 69.2% state, and 22.8% 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 32/100, ranked #269 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 471:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 32.3% Hispanic or Latino, 32.2% African American, 21.2% White across the district's schools.
Harding Charter Preparatory Hs accounts for 56.6% of all Harding Independence student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Harding Independence a distant remainder — means Harding Independence-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.
Harding Independence student-counselor ratio is 471:1 — 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.
Harding Independence chronic absenteeism rate is 27.6% — 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 Harding Independence is typically wider than the Harding Independence-aggregate figure suggests.