Enrollment
157
Oklahoma · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Welling, OK
Tenkiller Public School
Federal NCES profile for Tenkiller Public School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 37/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 402967001559
👥 S:T ratio 58
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 10
📋 Attendance 8
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Tenkiller Public School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 93% of Oklahoma schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Oklahoma schools.
- 37
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10.5:1
- small classes for Oklahoma
- 157
- students enrolled
Tenkiller Public School has class sizes smaller than 93% of Oklahoma schools. Computed live against every Oklahoma school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.5:1
vs 16.1:1 Oklahoma avg
-35% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Tenkiller Public School compares with Oklahoma and U.S. medians
What stands out at Tenkiller Public School
Teacher staffing is the clearest operational strength
Tenkiller Public School's enrollment is not at an extreme, but its student-teacher ratio is: it reports fewer students per teacher than most Oklahoma schools. This is the most distinctive scale-adjusted signal in the federal record. It should be read as staffing capacity, not class size or an academic outcome; the page separately reports attendance, program access, demographics, and district finance so a single favorable ratio does not become an unsupported overall rating.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Tenkiller Public School's 36.9% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Tenkiller Public School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Welling, Oklahoma, enrolling 157 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 10.5:1, Tenkiller Public School is leaner than roughly 93% of Oklahoma schools and 35% under the state's 16.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Enrollment of 157 puts it in the smaller third of Oklahoma schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,778 scored Oklahoma schools.
Its student body is predominantly American Indian / Alaska Native (80% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 33/100).
Counselor access is stretched at roughly 449 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 36.9% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Tenkiller spends $16,163 per pupil, 28% above the Oklahoma average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 38.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Tenkiller operates only this one school, so Tenkiller Public School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
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 Tenkiller Public School compares
Tenkiller Public School on the metrics families compare, against Oklahoma and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Oklahoma | Oklahoma avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 10.5:1 | ▼ 35% | 16.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 157 | top 74% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.5:1
Leaner classes than 86% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
157
Bigger than 15% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
10.5:1
students per teacher
- 35% below state mean
Top 7% in Oklahoma - lower ratio than 93% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
36.9%
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
$16,163
per pupil, district-wide
- above Oklahoma avg of $12,594
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.3 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
American Indian / Alaska Native 80.3%
White 15.9%
Asian 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino 1.3%
African American 0.6%
Largest group: American Indian / Alaska Native at 80.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 32.9/100
Simpson diversity index - at 32.9, Tenkiller Public School is less mixed than the Oklahoma school average of 59.6.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Tenkiller, which includes Tenkiller Public School.
$16,163
Per student
+28%
vs Oklahoma
Avg $12,594
-3%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 12.2%
State 48.9%
Federal 38.9%
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.
Similar other 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.
Similar enrollment (~157 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~10.5:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Tenkiller Public School
How many students attend Tenkiller Public School?
Tenkiller Public School has 157 students enrolled. It is a public school in Welling, OK.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tenkiller Public School?
The student-teacher ratio at Tenkiller Public School is 10.5:1, which is 35% lower than the Oklahoma average of 16.1:1 and 33% 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 Tenkiller Public School?
The largest demographic group at Tenkiller Public School is American Indian / Alaska Native at 80.3% of enrollment, in Welling, OK.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Tenkiller Public School?
Tenkiller Public School has a Resource Investment Index of 37/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Tenkiller?
None reported; Tenkiller operates only Tenkiller Public School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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