BUFFALO VALLEY HS

Located at 4384 Southeast Highway 63, in Talihina, Oklahoma, BUFFALO VALLEY HS is an one-room-style secondary school that enrolls 69 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by BUFFALO VALLEY. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 443 students each, so BUFFALO VALLEY HS sits 84% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in BUFFALO VALLEY (203 students total), BUFFALO VALLEY HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BUFFALO VALLEY HS reports that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 30% Native American, 23% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Latimer County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BUFFALO VALLEY HS has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting BUFFALO VALLEY HS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Latimer County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Latimer County) records that median household income runs about $41,405, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Latimer County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,403 students), of which BUFFALO VALLEY HS is one.

Nearest neighbor: BUFFALO VALLEY ES, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 23%: 56 students in 2018 compared to 69 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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