Buffalo Valley High School

Students in Talihina, Oklahoma, attend Buffalo Valley High School, a small high school. The school's enrollment of 69 students covers grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 84% lower than the average for high schools in Oklahoma, which is about 443.

BUFFALO VALLEY is responsible for 2 schools, Buffalo Valley High School included, with 203 students in all.

The most common group at Buffalo Valley High School is White students, at 43%. After that, the student body is 30% Native American, 23% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Latimer County, the White share is about 62%. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Staffing totals 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. That is higher than the 15.4:1 average for high schools in Oklahoma. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 64%. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Latimer County, the school's rate is lower.

Across Latimer County, the median household income is $41,405, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. In all, Latimer County has 8 public schools and roughly 1,403 students.

The school nearest to Buffalo Valley High School is Buffalo Valley Elementary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools.

Buffalo Valley High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.

Reported enrollment: 36 (2020-21) and 69 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.

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