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NATHAN HALE HS
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NATHAN HALE HS
NATHAN HALE HS operates as a sizable high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, overseen by TULSA. Current enrollment sits at 995 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 125% bigger than the state mean of about 443.
Within TULSA, which oversees 69 schools and 33,617 students, NATHAN HALE HS is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, NATHAN HALE HS shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% Black, 16% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NATHAN HALE HS has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting NATHAN HALE HS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tulsa County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tulsa County put median household earnings sit near $69,009, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. NATHAN HALE HS is one of 180 public schools in Tulsa County (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students).
Nearest neighbor: MACARTHUR ES, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NATHAN HALE HS has decreased 8%, going from 1,079 students in 2018 to 995 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.
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