POCOLA HS

POCOLA HS is a senior high of close-knit scale in Pocola, Oklahoma, run under POCOLA, works with 208 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 443 students.

POCOLA runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 731 students. POCOLA HS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, POCOLA HS records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% multiracial, 14% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Le Flore County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, POCOLA HS lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Le Flore County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Le Flore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,565 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Le Flore County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,938 students), POCOLA HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is POCOLA MS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around POCOLA HS.

POCOLA HS operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. POCOLA HS's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 208). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.