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PANAMA HS
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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PANAMA HS
PANAMA HS operates as an intimate 9-12 campus in Panama, Oklahoma, operated by PANAMA. Current enrollment sits at 223 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 50% below the state mean of about 443.
PANAMA HS is one of 3 schools operated by PANAMA, a district that instructs 744 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, PANAMA HS records that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Native American, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Le Flore County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, PANAMA HS logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting PANAMA HS higher than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Le Flore County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Le Flore County put median household earnings sit near $51,565, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Le Flore County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,938 students), PANAMA HS is one campus in the mix.
PANAMA MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
PANAMA HS operates from a low-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PANAMA HS has increased 4%, going from 215 students in 2018 to 223 in 2025.
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