Public + private high schools, every state.
519
high schools (public + private)
468
public (436 districts)
51
private (NCES PSS)
49,393
public grade‑12 students (seniors, latest year)

OK public HS enrollment trend

Across the 176,140 students enrolled in OK brick-and-mortar public high schools in 2021, the state grew +6.5% by 2024 (187,526 students, +11,386 net). That's the demographic tide every individual school is fighting or riding.

Charter share of public HS enrollment (latest year): 2.6% (4,824 of 187,526 students). Virtual / nonclassroom-based schools excluded.

🗺️ State context · NAEP 2024

How does OK compare nationally?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only test given the same way to students in every state — making it the benchmark for state-to-state academic comparison. Below, this state's 8th-grade averages and where it sits on the 50-state distribution.

8th-grade math
268
-5 vs national avg (273)
8th-grade reading
254
-6 vs national avg (260)
national avg OK Math → Reading → 260 290 245 275

Each dot is one state's 2024 NAEP 8th-grade averages. OK is highlighted in gold. Dashed lines mark national averages — being upper-right of both = above national in both subjects. Source: NAEP State Snapshot Reports. NAEP doesn't produce per-school scores — this is state-level context.

Where the students are

Top 10 cities by public-HS enrollment

Oklahoma City 23 HS 22,479
Tulsa 17 HS 14,433
Edmond 4 HS 10,366
Norman 4 HS 5,406
Broken Arrow 1 HS 4,802
Moore 2 HS 4,743
Lawton 3 HS 3,962
Mustang 1 HS 3,804
Jenks 1 HS 3,655
Owasso 1 HS 3,050

School-size distribution

Public, classroom-based · grades 9–12, latest year

Fastest-growing high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
SANTA FE SOUTH PATHWAYS MID-COLLEGE
SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER
205→394 +92.2%
DOUGLASS HS
OKLAHOMA CITY
479→773 +61.4%
TULSA HONOR HS
TULSA HONOR CHARTER ACADEMY
361→547 +51.5%
WESTERN HEIGHTS HS
WESTERN HEIGHTS
518→771 +48.8%
DALE HS
DALE
181→237 +30.9%
WYANDOTTE HS
WYANDOTTE
208→264 +26.9%
PIEDMONT HS
PIEDMONT
1,262→1,579 +25.1%
PUTNAM CITY WEST HS
PUTNAM CITY
1,636→2,032 +24.2%
NORTHWEST CLASSEN HS
OKLAHOMA CITY
1,548→1,914 +23.6%
DIBBLE HS
DIBBLE
193→238 +23.3%
Fastest-shrinking high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
COMANCHE HS
COMANCHE
314→244 -22.3%
WEWOKA HS
WEWOKA
212→166 -21.7%
SAVANNA HS
SAVANNA
164→130 -20.7%
FREDERICK HS
FREDERICK
254→202 -20.5%
CANADIAN HS
CANADIAN
163→131 -19.6%
LUTHER HS
LUTHER
268→217 -19.0%
AFTON HS
AFTON
168→139 -17.3%
HAWORTH HS
HAWORTH
172→143 -16.9%
ELMORE CITY-PERNELL HS
ELMORE CITY-PERNELL
179→149 -16.8%
ASTEC CHARTER HS
ASTEC CHARTER SCHOOL
516→435 -15.7%

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