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Kiowa, Oklahoma - 2 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Kiowa #104 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,972 per pupil, Kiowa ranks #44 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
284
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,972
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kiowa operates 2 public schools serving 284 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 Pittsburg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,972 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 54 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oklahoma compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 64.0% local, 18.6% state, and 17.4% 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 49/100, ranked #104 of 439 in Oklahoma against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 42.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.0% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kiowa Es, enrolling 197 students (71% of the district's total enrollment).
Kiowa Es accounts for 69.4% of all Kiowa student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kiowa a distant remainder — means Kiowa-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.
Kiowa student-counselor ratio is 42:1 — 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.
Kiowa chronic absenteeism rate is 15.6% — 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 Kiowa is typically wider than the Kiowa-aggregate figure suggests.