DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS

DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS is a secondary school of average-sized scale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, run under DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER), instructing 389 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 5 schools in DOVE SCHOOLS OF OKC (CHARTER) (2,052 students total), DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 13% White, 12% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 83% of students at DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Oklahoma County shows median household income runs about $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

WILSON ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS has edged up 61%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 77% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY HS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.