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. NCES CCD 2022-23.

50
Districts Ranked
50,381
Students
56/100
Avg Quality Score
OK
State
# District Avg Quality Grade
1. STROUD Stroud 63.3 C+
2. KEYS Park Hill 63 C+
3. KETCHUM Ketchum 63 C+
4. COALGATE Coalgate 62.3 C+
5. STRATFORD Stratford 60.7 C+
6. MOORELAND Mooreland 60.5 C+
7. MORRISON Morrison 60.3 C+
8. TALIHINA Talihina 60.3 C+
9. KINGFISHER Kingfisher 60.2 C+
10. CASHION Cashion 60 C+
11. WYANDOTTE Wyandotte 59.3 C
12. CADDO Caddo 59 C
13. ADAIR Adair 58.3 C
14. MULDROW MULDROW 57.7 C
15. LONE GROVE Lone Grove 57 C
16. HOOKER Hooker 57 C
17. BLACKWELL Blackwell 56.7 C
18. PAWNEE Pawnee 56.7 C
19. VIAN Vian 56.3 C
20. ANTLERS Antlers 56 C
21. DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC OKLAHOMA CITY 55.8 C
22. SAYRE Sayre 55.7 C
23. PRESTON Preston 55.5 C
24. ROCK CREEK Bokchito 55.5 C
25. WILBURTON Wilburton 55.3 C
26. PAULS VALLEY Pauls Valley 55.3 C
27. LOCUST GROVE Locust Grove 55.3 C
28. BERRYHILL Tulsa 55 C
29. HENNESSEY Hennessey 55 C
30. ATOKA Atoka 54.5 C-
31. CACHE Cache 54.3 C-
32. WALTERS Walters 54.3 C-
33. WASHINGTON Washington 54 C-
34. STIGLER Stigler 54 C-
35. PRAGUE Prague 54 C-
36. WATONGA Watonga 54 C-
37. VANOSS Ada 54 C-
38. DIBBLE BLANCHARD 53.7 C-
39. OKLAHOMA UNION South Coffeyville 53.7 C-
40. WESTERN HEIGHTS Oklahoma City 53.6 C-
41. STILWELL Stilwell 53.3 C-
42. LATTA Ada 53.3 C-
43. VERDIGRIS Claremore 53.3 C-
44. MADILL Madill 52.7 C-
45. BETHEL Shawnee 52.7 C-
46. NEWKIRK Newkirk 52.7 C-
47. BYNG Ada 52.4 C-
48. LINDSAY Lindsay 52.3 C-
49. DALE Dale 52.3 C-
50. LITTLE AXE Norman 52 C-

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) 2022-23 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.