McLain HS for Science and Tech

McLain HS for Science and Tech is a large high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the schools in TULSA. It enrolled 731 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 65% higher than the average for high schools in Oklahoma, which is about 443.

TULSA oversees McLain HS for Science and Tech and 68 other schools, with 33,617 students in total.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at McLain HS for Science and Tech. The largest is Black students, at 42%. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% White, and 5% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the Black share of Tulsa County's population at about 10%. McLain HS for Science and Tech's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.

Its 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.4:1 average for high schools in Oklahoma. The school's lunch program data list 87% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Tulsa County average 62%.

Census estimates describe Tulsa County this way: the median household income is $69,009, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Tulsa County has 180 public schools and roughly 113,616 students.

The closest public school to McLain HS for Science and Tech is Monroe Demonstration Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

McLain HS for Science and Tech is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.

Over 4 years, McLain HS for Science and Tech's enrollment climbed 18%, to 731. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.3:1 to 17.9:1.

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