Byng High School

Byng High School operates as a low-enrollment high school in Ada, Oklahoma. A federal count lists 298 students at the school, in grades 10 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Oklahoma is about 443, so this school runs 33% smaller than that.

Byng High School reports to BYNG, which has 5 schools and 1,753 students.

White students are the largest group at Byng High School, with 48% of enrollment. Next come 27% Native American, 15% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. The county population is about 64% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Byng High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.

Byng High School's 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.7:1. That ratio is under the 15.4:1 average for high schools in Oklahoma. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 45%. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Pontotoc County, the school's rate is lower.

According to the American Community Survey, in Pontotoc County, median household income is about $63,017, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 23 public schools operate in Pontotoc County, serving about 7,104 students.

The nearest other public school, Byng Junior High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Byng High School.

NCES assigns Byng High School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 was 298, close to the 298 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.7:1.

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