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Tonkawa, Oklahoma - 3 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Tonkawa #331 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,386 per pupil, Tonkawa ranks #475 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$9,386
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tonkawa operates 3 public schools serving 854 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Kay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,386 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 30.8% local, 46.3% state, and 22.9% 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 27/100, ranked #331 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.
a 401.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.1% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tonkawa Es, with a diversity index of 64.7/100.
Its largest campus is Tonkawa Es, enrolling 402 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Tonkawa Es accounts for 47.1% of all Tonkawa student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tonkawa a distant remainder — means Tonkawa-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Tonkawa school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Tonkawa school enrollment ranges from 194 students (lowest) to 402 students (highest), a spread of 208 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.
Tonkawa student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — 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.
Tonkawa chronic absenteeism rate is 25.3% — 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 Tonkawa is typically wider than the Tonkawa-aggregate figure suggests.