High school (grades 9-12) · Bunch, OK

Cave Springs Hs

Federal NCES profile for Cave Springs Hs, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 28/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 400693000275
0/100100/10028/100
👥 S:T ratio
44
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
56
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Cave Springs Hs earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 72% of Oklahoma schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Oklahoma schools.

28
Resource Index · Lower
13.9:1
small classes for Oklahoma
111
students enrolled

Cave Springs Hs has class sizes smaller than 72% of Oklahoma schools. Computed live against every Oklahoma school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

111

Oklahoma · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

8.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

13.9:1

vs 16.1:1 Oklahoma avg

-14% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Cave Springs Hs compares with Oklahoma and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:113.9:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Cave Springs Hs

Cave Springs Hs is a mid-sized high school in Bunch, Oklahoma, enrolling 111 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 13.9:1 puts it in the smaller third of Oklahoma schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 111 puts it in the smaller third of Oklahoma schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 93% of the 1,778 Oklahoma schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly American Indian / Alaska Native (88% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 21/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 222 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 76.6% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

The surrounding Cave Springs spends $16,406 per pupil, 30% above the Oklahoma average, a better-resourced district than most.

Its district draws 47.2% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Its district, Cave Springs, also runs Cave Springs Es (55 students).

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Cave Springs Hs compares

Cave Springs Hs on the metrics families compare, against Oklahoma and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Oklahoma Oklahoma avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 13.9:1 ▼ 14% 16.1:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 111 top 83% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

13.9:1
Leaner classes than 58% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
111
Bigger than 11% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
13.9:1
students per teacher - 14% below state mean
Top 28% in Oklahoma - lower ratio than 72% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
76.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$16,406
per pupil, district-wide - above Oklahoma avg of $12,594
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
10
in-school suspensions + 9 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 9.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 17.1 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

American Indian / Alaska Native 88.3%
White 11.7%

Largest group: American Indian / Alaska Native at 88.3% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 20.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 20.7, Cave Springs Hs is less mixed than the Oklahoma school average of 59.6.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Cave Springs, which includes Cave Springs Hs.

$16,406
Per student
+30%
vs Oklahoma
Avg $12,594
-1%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 11.6%
State 41.2%
Federal 47.2%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Cave Springs Hs Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Cave Springs Es Smaller No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Cave Springs Hs's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Cave Springs · 1 sibling school

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Oklahoma, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Cave Springs Hs's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Cave Springs Hs

How many students attend Cave Springs Hs?

Cave Springs Hs has 111 students enrolled. It is a high school in Bunch, OK.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Cave Springs Hs?

The student-teacher ratio at Cave Springs Hs is 13.9:1, which is 14% lower than the Oklahoma average of 16.1:1 and 11% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Cave Springs Hs?

The largest demographic group at Cave Springs Hs is American Indian / Alaska Native at 88.3% of enrollment, in Bunch, OK.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Cave Springs Hs?

Cave Springs Hs has a Resource Investment Index of 28/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Cave Springs Hs a good school?

Cave Springs Hs earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 72% of Oklahoma schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Oklahoma schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Cave Springs?

Besides Cave Springs Hs, Cave Springs also operates Cave Springs Es (55 students). See the Cave Springs district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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