NEWCASTLE HS

As a heavily attended secondary school in Newcastle, Oklahoma, NEWCASTLE HS instructs 809 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEWCASTLE. Enrollment runs roughly 83% above the state mean of about 443.

NEWCASTLE comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,618 students; NEWCASTLE HS is among them.

On the student-mix side, NEWCASTLE HS shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment; the rest looks like 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 7% Native American, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, NEWCASTLE HS logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, McClain County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for McClain County put the typical household earns roughly $84,552 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across McClain County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,736 students), NEWCASTLE HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NEWCASTLE EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 36%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 809 in 2025.

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