Dewar High School

Dewar High School is a small high school based in Dewar, Oklahoma. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 163 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Oklahoma is about 443, so this school runs 63% smaller than that.

The district, DEWAR, operates 3 schools serving 531 students.

Native American students are the majority at Dewar High School, with 52% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 42% White and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Dividing enrollment by its 8.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.4:1. That is higher than the 15.4:1 average for high schools in Oklahoma. Eligible students account for 56% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Okmulgee County report 75%.

Census Bureau estimates for Okmulgee County show that the median household income is $54,029, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. There are 23 public schools in Okmulgee County, enrolling about 6,097 students in all.

The nearest other public school, Dewar Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles.

Federal data place Dewar High School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 101 to 163. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. By 2024-25, the school had 18.4 students per teacher, compared with 11.2 in 2020-21.

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