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Muskogee, Oklahoma - 10 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Muskogee #337 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,601 per pupil, Muskogee ranks #275 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,819
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$11,601
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Muskogee operates 10 public schools serving 4,819 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 combined, 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 Muskogee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,601 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 34.0% local, 38.8% state, and 27.1% 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 26/100, ranked #337 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 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 425:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 23.8% White, 18.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Muskogee Hs, with a diversity index of 78.5/100.
Its largest campus is Muskogee Hs, enrolling 1,045 students (22% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Muskogee Ec Ctr, at 290 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Muskogee Hs accounts for 21.7% of all Muskogee student enrollment
That concentration means Muskogee-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.
Muskogee school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
Muskogee school enrollment ranges from 290 students (lowest) to 1,045 students (highest), a spread of 755 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.
Muskogee student-counselor ratio is 425:1 — 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.
Muskogee chronic absenteeism rate is 36.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.