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Vian, Oklahoma - 3 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Vian #96 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,195 per pupil, Vian ranks #219 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
817
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,195
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vian operates 3 public schools serving 817 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 Sequoyah County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,195 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 27.2% local, 43.8% state, and 29.0% 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 49/100, ranked #96 of 439 in Oklahoma against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 196:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 29.5% White, 3.9% African American, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Vian Es, with a diversity index of 69.6/100.
Its largest campus is Vian Es, enrolling 388 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Vian Es accounts for 47.5% of all Vian student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vian a distant remainder — means Vian-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.
Vian school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Vian school enrollment ranges from 162 students (lowest) to 388 students (highest), a spread of 226 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.
Vian student-counselor ratio is 196:1 — 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.
Vian chronic absenteeism rate is 17.8% — 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 Vian is typically wider than the Vian-aggregate figure suggests.