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Sand Springs, Oklahoma - 8 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Sand Springs #363 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,092 per pupil, Sand Springs ranks #424 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,178
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$10,092
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sand Springs operates 8 public schools serving 5,178 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Tulsa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,092 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 33.5% local, 52.1% state, and 14.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 24/100, ranked #363 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 (11 AP courses district-wide), a 330:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.8% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwoods Fine Arts Academy, with a diversity index of 69.7/100.
Its largest campus is Charles Page Hs, enrolling 1,716 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sand Springs Ec Ctr, at 241 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Charles Page Hs accounts for 33.1% of all Sand Springs student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sand Springs-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.
Sand Springs school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities
Sand Springs school enrollment ranges from 241 students (lowest) to 1,716 students (highest), a spread of 1,475 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.
Sand Springs student-counselor ratio is 330:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Sand Springs is typically wider than the Sand Springs-aggregate figure suggests.
Sand Springs chronic absenteeism rate is 14.2% — 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.