📍 591 Pendleton Street, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, 74464
Tahlequah Hs is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Tahlequah, Cherokee County. The school has 1,300 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tahlequah school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 86.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 89%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tahlequah Hs enrolls 1,300 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 86.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% American Indian or Alaska Native, 23% White and 20% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 472 | 36% |
| White | 301 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 256 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 251 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 11 | <1% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
753 of the school's 1,300 students (58%) 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.
Tahlequah 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 9, state house district 4.
Tahlequah Hs is one of 6 schools in TAHLEQUAH, based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The district serves 3,712 students district-wide and employs 235 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,300 students, Tahlequah Hs is larger than the district average of about 619 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote