BYNG HS

Located at 214 Stokes Drive, in Ada, Oklahoma, BYNG HS is a compact secondary school that teaches 298 students (grades 10 through 12), overseen by BYNG. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 443 students.

BYNG HS is one of 5 schools operated by BYNG, a district that educates 1,753 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BYNG HS records that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Native American, 15% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Pontotoc County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, BYNG HS logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting BYNG HS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at BYNG HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pontotoc County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pontotoc County put median household earnings sit near $63,017, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Pontotoc County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,104 students), BYNG HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BYNG JHS, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BYNG HS has rose 4%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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