📍 704 East Date Street, Okemah, Okfuskee County, 74859
Okemah Hs is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Okemah, Okfuskee County. The school has 198 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okemah school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Okemah Hs enrolls 198 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% American Indian or Alaska Native, 40% White and 8.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 87 | 44% |
| White | 79 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 8.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 4.5% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 2 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
128 of the school's 198 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Okemah Hs is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-20, state senate district 8, state house district 24.
Okemah Hs is one of 4 schools in OKEMAH, based in Okemah, Oklahoma. The district serves 736 students district-wide and employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 198 students, Okemah Hs is close to the district average of about 184 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote