An equity score of 44/100 ranks Tahlequah #155 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,004 per pupil, Tahlequah ranks #282 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,607
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,004
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tahlequah operates 6 public schools serving 3,607 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 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 Cherokee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,004 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 19.4% local, 49.8% state, and 30.7% 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 44/100, ranked #155 of 439 in Oklahoma against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 328.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 19.6% White, 19.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tahlequah Ms, with a diversity index of 75.0/100.
Its largest campus is Tahlequah Hs, enrolling 1,358 students (37% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sequoyah Es, at 182 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tahlequah Hs accounts for 36.6% of all Tahlequah student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Tahlequah-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Tahlequah school enrollment varies 7.5× across entities
Tahlequah school enrollment ranges from 182 students (lowest) to 1,358 students (highest), a spread of 1,176 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.
Tahlequah student-counselor ratio is 328:1 — 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 Tahlequah is typically wider than the Tahlequah-aggregate figure suggests.
Tahlequah chronic absenteeism rate is 27.3% — 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 Tahlequah is typically wider than the Tahlequah-aggregate figure suggests.