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Oologah, Oklahoma - 4 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Oologah-Talala #416 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,571 per pupil, Oologah-Talala ranks #376 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,740
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,571
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Oologah-Talala operates 4 public schools serving 1,740 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Rogers County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,571 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 53.1% local, 29.8% state, and 17.2% 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 17/100, ranked #416 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 371.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.3% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Oologah-Talala Ms, with a diversity index of 64.8/100.
Its largest campus is Oologah-Talala Hs, enrolling 525 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Oologah-Talala Hs accounts for 30.2% of all Oologah-Talala student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Oologah-Talala-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.
Oologah-Talala student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — 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.
Oologah-Talala chronic absenteeism rate is 17.3% — 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 Oologah-Talala is typically wider than the Oologah-Talala-aggregate figure suggests.