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ARDMORE HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ARDMORE HS
Located at 701 Veterans Blvd, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, ARDMORE HS is a heavily attended senior high that instructs 707 students (grades 9 through 12), run under ARDMORE. That puts it 60% bigger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 443 students.
Across the 6 schools in ARDMORE (2,546 students total), ARDMORE HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, ARDMORE HS reports that the largest single group is White at 28%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 23% multiracial, 12% Black, 9% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Carter County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Carter County put the typical household earns roughly $60,723 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Carter County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,383 students), of which ARDMORE HS is one.
ARDMORE MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ARDMORE HS has ticked down 12%, going from 803 students in 2018 to 707 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 49% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.
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