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Owasso, Oklahoma - 13 schools
An equity score of 10/100 ranks Owasso #434 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,593 per pupil, Owasso ranks #516 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,802
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$8,593
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Owasso operates 13 public schools serving 9,802 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 3 middle, 1 high 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 $8,593 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 48.4% local, 39.0% state, and 12.7% 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 10/100, ranked #434 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 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (24 AP courses district-wide), a 488.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.0% White, 15.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mills Es, with a diversity index of 72.1/100.
Its largest campus is Owasso Hs, enrolling 3,050 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ator Es, at 374 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Owasso Hs accounts for 31.1% of all Owasso student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Owasso-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.
Owasso school enrollment varies 8.2× across entities
Owasso school enrollment ranges from 374 students (lowest) to 3,050 students (highest), a spread of 2,676 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Owasso student-counselor ratio is 488:1 — 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.
Owasso chronic absenteeism rate is 18.3% — 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 Owasso is typically wider than the Owasso-aggregate figure suggests.