Oklahoma Schools & Education

Public school metrics and education data for all 77 counties.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

Avg Graduation Rate

84.3%

Avg Per-Pupil Spending

$6,520

Avg School Score

28/100

Total Schools

1,781

544 districts

State Overview

About Schools in Oklahoma

This summary is generated from the NCES metrics shown on this page and reviewed against the source data by the Data Editor. It is not school advice.

Oklahoma Trails National Benchmarks in Funding and Graduation

Oklahoma’s 84.3% graduation rate sits below the national average of 87.0%. The state allocates just $6,520 per pupil, which is roughly half of the $13,000 spent on students nationally.

A Tale of Two Outcomes Across 77 Counties

Performance fluctuates sharply across the state's 77 counties, with Harmon County reaching a 95.0% graduation rate while Comanche County drops to 69.2%. Despite these extremes, the average state school score of 49.5 nearly matches the national median of 50.0.

Stretching Limited Dollars for Academic Success

The state struggles with a massive $4,212 gap between its highest and lowest spending counties. While Oklahoma spends significantly less than the national average, the wide variance in graduation rates suggests that funding levels directly impact local district stability.

Woods and Grant Counties Lead the State

Woods County earns the top school score of 58.5 by combining an elite 91.6% graduation rate with $8,901 in per-pupil spending. Grant and Kingfisher counties also excel, both maintaining scores above 56.0 and graduation rates that far exceed the state average.

State Score Context

How Oklahoma Counties Are Distributed

77 of 77 counties have enough NCES graduation-rate and school-finance data to receive a county school score. Use this distribution to understand whether the state has a concentrated cluster of high, midrange, or lower measured signals.

Scored county coverage

Counties with complete enough data for the composite score

100%

Higher measured signal

Score range 70-100

Midrange measured signal

Score range 40-69

Lower measured signal

Score range 0-39

Scores are comparative signals from available federal data, not ratings of individual schools.

Highest Measured School Signals

Woods County

70/100

School score

Kingfisher County

62/100

School score

Grant County

60/100

School score

Major County

56/100

School score

Kiowa County

54/100

School score

Lowest Measured School Signals

#1 lowest

Washington County

3/100

School score

#2 lowest

Oklahoma County

3/100

School score

#3 lowest

Latimer County

4/100

School score

#4 lowest

Comanche County

5/100

School score

#5 lowest

Texas County

5/100

School score

All Oklahoma Counties

County-level school score, graduation rate, and per-pupil spending for Oklahoma.
County	School Score	Graduation Rate	Per-Pupil Spending
Woods County Graduation 91.6% Per pupil $8,901	70/100	91.6%	$8,901
Kingfisher County Graduation 91.9% Per pupil $7,874	62/100	91.9%	$7,874
Grant County Graduation 87.6% Per pupil $9,426	60/100	87.6%	$9,426
Major County Graduation 93.1% Per pupil $6,883	56/100	93.1%	$6,883
Kiowa County Graduation 92.0% Per pupil $7,087	54/100	92.0%	$7,087
Harmon County Graduation 95.0% Per pupil $6,268	54/100	95.0%	$6,268
Coal County Graduation 87.7% Per pupil $8,318	53/100	87.7%	$8,318
Roger Mills County Graduation 82.3% Per pupil $8,927	46/100	82.3%	$8,927
Ellis County Graduation 86.1% Per pupil $7,976	46/100	86.1%	$7,976
Garvin County Graduation 92.8% Per pupil $6,047	45/100	92.8%	$6,047
Blaine County Graduation 86.3% Per pupil $7,793	44/100	86.3%	$7,793
Alfalfa County Graduation 79.7% Per pupil $9,014	44/100	79.7%	$9,014
Dewey County Graduation 80.9% Per pupil $8,724	43/100	80.9%	$8,724
Beckham County Graduation 92.1% Per pupil $5,979	42/100	92.1%	$5,979
Noble County Graduation 89.7% Per pupil $6,844	41/100	89.7%	$6,844
Choctaw County Graduation 89.5% Per pupil $6,773	40/100	89.5%	$6,773
Mayes County Graduation 85.4% Per pupil $7,390	38/100	85.4%	$7,390
Tillman County Graduation 90.5% Per pupil $6,184	37/100	90.5%	$6,184
Pontotoc County Graduation 89.7% Per pupil $6,452	36/100	89.7%	$6,452
Cherokee County Graduation 88.2% Per pupil $6,763	36/100	88.2%	$6,763
Atoka County Graduation 87.3% Per pupil $6,874	36/100	87.3%	$6,874
Hughes County Graduation 82.7% Per pupil $7,601	35/100	82.7%	$7,601
Okfuskee County Graduation 86.3% Per pupil $7,081	35/100	86.3%	$7,081
Harper County Graduation 90.0% Per pupil $6,075	34/100	90.0%	$6,075
Grady County Graduation 90.9% Per pupil $5,726	33/100	90.9%	$5,726
Beaver County Graduation 69.8% Per pupil $8,030	33/100	69.8%	$8,030
Bryan County Graduation 89.9% Per pupil $6,090	32/100	89.9%	$6,090
Adair County Graduation 82.9% Per pupil $7,274	31/100	82.9%	$7,274
McClain County Graduation 91.0% Per pupil $5,422	31/100	91.0%	$5,422
Jefferson County Graduation 81.1% Per pupil $7,346	30/100	81.1%	$7,346
Custer County Graduation 89.4% Per pupil $5,872	29/100	89.4%	$5,872
Greer County Graduation 87.0% Per pupil $6,345	28/100	87.0%	$6,345
Lincoln County Graduation 87.4% Per pupil $6,189	27/100	87.4%	$6,189
Stephens County Graduation 89.3% Per pupil $5,723	27/100	89.3%	$5,723
Delaware County Graduation 82.5% Per pupil $6,982	27/100	82.5%	$6,982
Pushmataha County Graduation 82.5% Per pupil $6,979	27/100	82.5%	$6,979
Wagoner County Graduation 89.3% Per pupil $5,524	26/100	89.3%	$5,524
McCurtain County Graduation 84.6% Per pupil $6,583	25/100	84.6%	$6,583
Love County Graduation 88.0% Per pupil $5,813	25/100	88.0%	$5,813
Caddo County Graduation 85.4% Per pupil $6,386	25/100	85.4%	$6,386
Canadian County Graduation 88.8% Per pupil $5,466	24/100	88.8%	$5,466
Haskell County Graduation 85.4% Per pupil $6,285	23/100	85.4%	$6,285
Payne County Graduation 86.8% Per pupil $6,017	23/100	86.8%	$6,017
Carter County Graduation 87.4% Per pupil $5,713	23/100	87.4%	$5,713
Seminole County Graduation 82.8% Per pupil $6,628	23/100	82.8%	$6,628
Okmulgee County Graduation 87.1% Per pupil $5,707	22/100	87.1%	$5,707
Craig County Graduation 76.6% Per pupil $6,923	21/100	76.6%	$6,923
Nowata County Graduation 85.5% Per pupil $6,107	21/100	85.5%	$6,107
Osage County Graduation 84.0% Per pupil $6,326	21/100	84.0%	$6,326
Washita County Graduation 77.8% Per pupil $6,872	21/100	77.8%	$6,872
McIntosh County Graduation 80.9% Per pupil $6,697	21/100	80.9%	$6,697
Cleveland County Graduation 86.0% Per pupil $5,932	20/100	86.0%	$5,932
Johnston County Graduation 78.7% Per pupil $6,685	19/100	78.7%	$6,685
Sequoyah County Graduation 83.9% Per pupil $6,203	19/100	83.9%	$6,203
Kay County Graduation 83.4% Per pupil $6,198	18/100	83.4%	$6,198
Woodward County Graduation 80.8% Per pupil $6,438	18/100	80.8%	$6,438
Pittsburg County Graduation 82.3% Per pupil $6,250	18/100	82.3%	$6,250
Ottawa County Graduation 80.3% Per pupil $6,409	17/100	80.3%	$6,409
Cimarron County Graduation 70.5% Per pupil $6,816	17/100	70.5%	$6,816
Marshall County Graduation 84.7% Per pupil $5,880	17/100	84.7%	$5,880
Murray County Graduation 83.3% Per pupil $6,056	17/100	83.3%	$6,056
Muskogee County Graduation 85.0% Per pupil $5,668	16/100	85.0%	$5,668
Pottawatomie County Graduation 83.9% Per pupil $5,911	16/100	83.9%	$5,911
Cotton County Graduation 76.7% Per pupil $6,462	16/100	76.7%	$6,462
Creek County Graduation 85.1% Per pupil $5,448	15/100	85.1%	$5,448
Rogers County Graduation 84.6% Per pupil $5,488	14/100	84.6%	$5,488
Pawnee County Graduation 78.8% Per pupil $6,182	13/100	78.8%	$6,182
Le Flore County Graduation 77.6% Per pupil $6,209	13/100	77.6%	$6,209
Tulsa County Graduation 83.8% Per pupil $5,401	12/100	83.8%	$5,401
Logan County Graduation 82.4% Per pupil $5,628	11/100	82.4%	$5,628
Garfield County Graduation 82.8% Per pupil $5,515	11/100	82.8%	$5,515
Jackson County Graduation 80.0% Per pupil $5,775	10/100	80.0%	$5,775
Texas County Graduation 76.2% Per pupil $5,390	5/100	76.2%	$5,390
Comanche County Graduation 69.2% Per pupil $5,730	5/100	69.2%	$5,730
Latimer County Graduation 74.4% Per pupil $5,455	4/100	74.4%	$5,455
Oklahoma County Graduation 71.0% Per pupil $5,428	3/100	71.0%	$5,428
Washington County Graduation 73.7% Per pupil $5,214	3/100	73.7%	$5,214

— = data not available for this county.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Oklahoma Schools

Which Oklahoma counties have the highest graduation rates?

Harmon County (95.0%), Major County (93.1%), and Garvin County (92.8%) currently lead Oklahoma among counties with available NCES four-year adjusted cohort graduation-rate data. This answer is generated from the same dataset used in the county table and can change when federal data refreshes.

What is per-pupil spending like in Oklahoma?

Across Oklahoma counties with available NCES district-finance data, average per-pupil spending is $6,520. The highest current county values are Grant County ($9,426), Alfalfa County ($9,014), and Roger Mills County ($8,927). Compare counties in the table before treating the statewide average as representative of a local district.

Which Oklahoma county has the strongest measured school score?

Woods County has the highest school score in Oklahoma with a score of 70/100, based on available NCES graduation-rate and school-finance data.

What is the average graduation rate in Oklahoma?

The average high school graduation rate across Oklahoma counties is 84.3%, based on NCES data.

Which county in Oklahoma has the lowest school score?

Washington County has the lowest school score in Oklahoma with a score of 3/100. School scores reflect available graduation-rate and per-pupil spending signals.

Data Sources

Education data sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and School District Finance Survey. School scores are derived composite metrics based on available NCES graduation-rate and school-finance signals.

Data is informational only. Coverage varies by county and reporting year. Not for use as the sole basis for educational decisions.

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