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Seminole, Oklahoma - 2 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Varnum #226 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,811 per pupil, Varnum ranks #253 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
332
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$11,811
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Varnum operates 2 public schools serving 332 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Seminole County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,811 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oklahoma compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 14.7% local, 56.1% state, and 29.2% 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 38/100, ranked #226 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.
a 192.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 35.6% White, 11.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Varnum Es, enrolling 255 students (77% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Varnum Hs, at 75 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Varnum Es accounts for 76.8% of all Varnum student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Varnum a distant remainder — means Varnum-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.
Varnum student-counselor ratio is 192:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Varnum chronic absenteeism rate is 19.0% — 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 Varnum is typically wider than the Varnum-aggregate figure suggests.