FORT TOWSON HS

FORT TOWSON HS is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in Fort Towson, Oklahoma, run under FORT TOWSON, instructing 75 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

FORT TOWSON comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 316 students; FORT TOWSON HS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FORT TOWSON HS records that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 32% Native American, 16% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Choctaw County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting FORT TOWSON HS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Choctaw County (around 82%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Choctaw County indicate median household earnings sit near $44,081, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. FORT TOWSON HS is one of 12 public schools in Choctaw County (combined enrollment of about 1,989 students).

FORT TOWSON JHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around FORT TOWSON HS.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. FORT TOWSON HS's enrollment has ticked down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 120 (now 75). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 68% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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