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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS
As a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS hosts 1,302 students from grades 9 through 12, part of TULSA. Enrollment runs roughly 194% bigger than the state mean of about 443.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS is one of 69 schools operated by TULSA, a district that hosts 33,617 students overall.
Demographically, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS lists that the largest single group is White at 30%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Black, 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Tulsa County's rate of about 62%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tulsa County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,009 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS is one campus in the mix.
KIPP TULSA MS COLLEGE PREP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS operates from an urban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS has showed little movement, going from 1,333 students in 2018 to 1,302 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 16% to 24%.
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