Enrollment
1,045
Oklahoma · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Shawnee, OK
Federal NCES profile for Shawnee Hs, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 42/100.
The verdict
Shawnee Hs earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Oklahoma median. It is also one of the largest schools in Oklahoma.
Shawnee Hs has class sizes near the Oklahoma median. Computed live against every Oklahoma school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Shawnee Hs ranks #2 of 3 high schools in Shawnee, OK.
Enrollment
1,045
Oklahoma · 2024-25 NCES data
Teachers (FTE)
66.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
15.8:1
vs 16.1:1 Oklahoma avg
-2% vs state
How Shawnee Hs compares with Oklahoma and U.S. medians
At or below state median
15.8:1 - 0.3 below the Oklahoma state median of 16.1:1, indicating smaller average class loads than typical schools in the state.
Shawnee Hs is a large high school in Shawnee, Oklahoma, enrolling 1,045 students.
At 15.8:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Oklahoma median, within a few percentage points of the 16.1:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in Oklahoma, bigger than 96% of state schools at 1,045 students.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,778 scored Oklahoma schools.
Its student body is led by White (47%) and Two or More (22%) (diversity index 70/100).
On the academic-pipeline side it reports 8 Advanced Placement courses.
Counselor coverage is strong, about 190 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 41.3% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Its district draws 28.7% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Discipline events run high: 297 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 1,045 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.
The federal civil-rights collection also records 2 expulsions at this campus for 2021-22.
Among Shawnee's high schools, it stands alongside North Rock Creek Hs (487 students): Shawnee Hs is larger than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (15.8:1 vs 20.3:1).
Shawnee also operates Shawnee Ms (693 students) and Will Rogers Es (367 students) alongside Shawnee Hs.
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
Shawnee 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 | 15.8:1 | ▼ 2% | 16.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 1,045 | top 4% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
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.
Largest group: White at 46.8% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 69.8, Shawnee Hs is more mixed than the Oklahoma school average of 59.6.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Shawnee, which includes Shawnee Hs.
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.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Ms | Smaller | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
| Will Rogers Es | Smaller | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
| Shawnee Ec Ctr | Smaller | No free-lunch data | Similar S:T ratio |
| Jefferson Es | Smaller | No free-lunch data | Similar S:T ratio |
| Sequoyah Es | Smaller | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Shawnee Hs's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
2 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.
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
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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.
Shawnee Hs has 1,045 students enrolled. It is a high school in Shawnee, OK.
The student-teacher ratio at Shawnee Hs is 15.8:1, which is 2% lower than the Oklahoma average of 16.1:1 and 1% higher than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
The largest demographic group at Shawnee Hs is White at 46.8% of enrollment, in Shawnee, OK. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 69.8/100.
Shawnee Hs has a Resource Investment Index of 42/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
By Resource Investment Index, Shawnee Hs ranks #2 of 3 high schools in Shawnee, OK. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Shawnee on the city page.
Shawnee Hs earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Oklahoma median. It is also one of the largest schools in Oklahoma. 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.
Besides Shawnee Hs, Shawnee also operates Shawnee Ms (693 students), Will Rogers Es (367 students), and Shawnee Ec Ctr (350 students). See the Shawnee district page for the complete list.
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