Oklahoma · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best School Districts in Oklahoma

Top 50 districts ranked by average school quality score, based on student-teacher ratios, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance.

50
Districts ranked
50,381
Students enrolled
56/100
Avg quality score
C+
Top grade

The ranking in one line

Stroud in Stroud leads Oklahoma's districts with an average school quality score of 63.3/100 across 3 schools.

63.3/100
top district score (grade C+)
3
schools in Stroud
832
students in the top district
56/100
average across the top 50
# District GradeAvg Quality
1 Stroud Stroud C+ 63.3
2 Keys Park Hill C+ 63
3 Ketchum Ketchum C+ 63
4 Coalgate Coalgate C+ 62.3
5 Stratford Stratford C+ 60.7
6 Mooreland Mooreland C+ 60.5
7 Morrison Morrison C+ 60.3
8 Talihina Talihina C+ 60.3
9 Kingfisher Kingfisher C+ 60.2
10 Cashion Cashion C+ 60
11 Wyandotte Wyandotte C 59.3
12 Caddo Caddo C 59
13 Adair Adair C 58.3
14 Muldrow Muldrow C 57.7
15 Lone Grove Lone Grove C 57
16 Hooker Hooker C 57
17 Blackwell Blackwell C 56.7
18 Pawnee Pawnee C 56.7
19 Vian Vian C 56.3
20 Antlers Antlers C 56
21 Dove Schools of Okc Oklahoma City C 55.8
22 Sayre Sayre C 55.7
23 Preston Preston C 55.5
24 Rock Creek Bokchito C 55.5
25 Wilburton Wilburton C 55.3
26 Pauls Valley Pauls Valley C 55.3
27 Locust Grove Locust Grove C 55.3
28 Berryhill Tulsa C 55
29 Hennessey Hennessey C 55
30 Atoka Atoka C- 54.5
31 Cache Cache C- 54.3
32 Walters Walters C- 54.3
33 Washington Washington C- 54
34 Stigler Stigler C- 54
35 Prague Prague C- 54
36 Watonga Watonga C- 54
37 Vanoss Ada C- 54
38 Dibble Blanchard C- 53.7
39 Oklahoma Union South Coffeyville C- 53.7
40 Western Heights Oklahoma City C- 53.6
41 Stilwell Stilwell C- 53.3
42 Latta Ada C- 53.3
43 Verdigris Claremore C- 53.3
44 Madill Madill C- 52.7
45 Bethel Shawnee C- 52.7
46 Newkirk Newkirk C- 52.7
47 Byng Ada C- 52.4
48 Lindsay Lindsay C- 52.3
49 Dale Dale C- 52.3
50 Little Axe Norman C- 52

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best school districts in Oklahoma? ▼

The top-ranked district in Oklahoma is Stroud in Stroud with 832 students across 3 schools. Average quality score: 63.3/100. Rankings are based on average school quality scores from NCES data.

How are district rankings calculated? ▼

Districts are ranked by the average quality score of their schools. Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES data: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, gifted program access, and chronic absenteeism. Districts must have at least 500 students and 2+ schools to be ranked.

How many school districts are in Oklahoma? ▼

Oklahoma has 50+ school districts serving 696,253 students. The statewide average student-teacher ratio is 16.4:1.

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Methodology

Districts are ranked by the average quality score of their schools. Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 metrics: student-teacher ratio, school counselor availability, gifted program access, and chronic absenteeism rates. Districts must have at least 500 students and 2+ schools to be included. This measures school-level resources, not test scores. Higher average scores indicate districts where schools generally have smaller classes, better counselor access, and lower absenteeism.

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.