CENTRAL HIGH HS

As a minimally staffed secondary school in Marlow, Oklahoma, CENTRAL HIGH HS works with 113 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within CENTRAL HIGH. That puts it 74% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 443 students.

CENTRAL HIGH comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 414 students; CENTRAL HIGH HS is among them.

On demographics, CENTRAL HIGH HS reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting CENTRAL HIGH HS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at CENTRAL HIGH HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stephens County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Stephens County) reports that median household earnings sit near $61,620, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stephens County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students), of which CENTRAL HIGH HS is one.

CENTRAL HIGH MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 36%: 83 students in 2018 compared to 113 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 76% to 72%. Class-load math has widened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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