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Jenks, Oklahoma - 8 schools
An equity score of 15/100 ranks Jenks #422 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,851 per pupil, Jenks ranks #451 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,654
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$9,851
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jenks operates 8 public schools serving 12,654 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 $9,851 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 55.1% local, 33.6% state, and 11.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 15/100, ranked #422 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 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (30 AP courses district-wide), a 450.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.3% White, 16.4% Asian, 13.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwest Es, with a diversity index of 79.8/100.
Its largest campus is Jenks Hs, enrolling 3,655 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jenks East Intermediate Es, at 815 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Jenks Hs accounts for 28.9% of all Jenks student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Jenks-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.
Jenks school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
Jenks school enrollment ranges from 815 students (lowest) to 3,655 students (highest), a spread of 2,840 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.
Jenks student-counselor ratio is 451:1 — 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.
Jenks chronic absenteeism rate is 12.3% — 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.