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Welch, Oklahoma - 3 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Welch #32 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,747 per pupil, Welch ranks #101 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
286
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,747
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Welch operates 3 public schools serving 286 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 Craig County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,747 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 28.6% local, 55.4% state, and 16.0% 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 58/100, ranked #32 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 293.4:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 8.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.3% White, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Welch Hs, with a diversity index of 71.4/100.
Its largest campus is Welch Es, enrolling 135 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Welch Es accounts for 45.5% of all Welch student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Welch a distant remainder — means Welch-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.
Welch school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Welch school enrollment ranges from 63 students (lowest) to 135 students (highest), a spread of 72 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.
Welch student-counselor ratio is 293:1 — 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 Welch is typically wider than the Welch-aggregate figure suggests.
Welch chronic absenteeism rate is 8.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.