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PIEDMONT HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PIEDMONT HS
As a heavily attended four-year high school in Piedmont, Oklahoma, PIEDMONT HS enrolls 1,579 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within PIEDMONT. Enrollment runs roughly 256% above the state mean of about 443.
PIEDMONT HS is one of 7 schools operated by PIEDMONT, a district that caters to 5,407 students overall.
On the student-mix side, PIEDMONT HS shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Native American, 5% Black. By comparison, Canadian County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting PIEDMONT HS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Canadian County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Canadian County indicate median household earnings sit near $87,751, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Canadian County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,883 students), of which PIEDMONT HS is one.
PIEDMONT MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
PIEDMONT HS operates from a small-town location.
Trend over the last 7 years. PIEDMONT HS's enrollment has expanded 50% since 2018, when it stood at 1,050 (now 1,579). White enrollment moved from 68% to 64% across the same window.
On the community side, the feed for PIEDMONT HS typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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