📍 1 Buffalo Drive, McAlester, Pittsburg County, 74501
McAlester Hs is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in McAlester, Pittsburg County. The school has 957 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mcalester school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 78%. The school offers 4 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McAlester Hs enrolls 957 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 17% Two or more races and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 464 | 48% |
| Two or more races | 162 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 147 | 15% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 143 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
532 of the school's 957 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McAlester Hs is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 7, state house district 17.
McAlester Hs is one of 8 schools in MCALESTER, based in McAlester, Oklahoma. The district serves 3,008 students district-wide and employs 180 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 957 students, McAlester Hs is larger than the district average of about 376 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote