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CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES
CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES is a sizable secondary school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, run under OKLAHOMA CITY. The school educates 810 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% bigger than the state mean of about 443.
OKLAHOMA CITY comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 32,864 students; CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES is among them.
On demographics, CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES lists that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Oklahoma County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oklahoma County runs 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), of which CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES is one.
Nearest neighbor: THELMA R. PARKS ES, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES.
CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES operates from an urban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLASSEN HS OF ADVANCED STUDIES has rose 53%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 810 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 44% to 33%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.
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