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Wayne, Oklahoma - 3 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Wayne #293 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,160 per pupil, Wayne ranks #311 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
449
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,160
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wayne operates 3 public schools serving 449 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 Mcclain County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,160 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 34.8% local, 47.9% state, and 17.3% 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 30/100, ranked #293 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 337:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.6% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wayne Ms, with a diversity index of 60.0/100.
Its largest campus is Wayne Es, enrolling 211 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Wayne Es accounts for 46.5% of all Wayne student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Wayne a distant remainder — means Wayne-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.
Wayne school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Wayne school enrollment ranges from 96 students (lowest) to 211 students (highest), a spread of 115 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.
Wayne student-counselor ratio is 337:1 — 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 Wayne is typically wider than the Wayne-aggregate figure suggests.
Wayne chronic absenteeism rate is 16.7% — 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 Wayne is typically wider than the Wayne-aggregate figure suggests.