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Oklahoma City, OK public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Oklahoma City — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Oklahoma City is the primary public district for Oklahoma City, OK. It enrolls 33,245 students in 59 schools with 2,181 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $13,969 per pupil, 19% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
33,245NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
59Operating school count
Students per teacher
15.2Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$13,969Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Oklahoma City

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
39.5%
$167,913,000
State revenue
40.8%
$173,412,000
Federal revenue
19.6%
$83,254,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Oklahoma City property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 47 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Oklahoma City numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$13,969 per pupil is 19% below the $17,320 metro median; only 27% of tracked districts spend less. Only 47 cents of each dollar ($6,529 per student) is classified as instruction, so a large share goes to support services, facilities and transport — common in districts with long bus routes or older buildings.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 39.5% local, 40.8% state — so both the local tax base and the OK aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal dollars are an outsized 19.6% of revenue, a share that tracks concentrated student poverty (Title I) and special-education enrollment.

33,245 students across 59 schools averages 563 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). The 15.2:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

Worth flagging: a federal share this large means the district is exposed to grant cycles. Title I and pandemic-era relief awards can move the per-pupil figure between survey years without any change in local taxation.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Oklahoma City (LEAID 4022770) as one unit, not any single school in Oklahoma City. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

Other Oklahoma City datasets on this site.

Statewide: Oklahoma cities · Oklahoma ZIP codes · Oklahoma sales tax · Oklahoma counties

Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 4022770. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.