PRESTON HS

Located at 11100 WILL SAMPSON RD, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, PRESTON HS is a close-knit secondary school that hosts 198 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by PRESTON. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 443 students each, so PRESTON HS sits 55% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in PRESTON (590 students total), PRESTON HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PRESTON HS logs that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 26% multiracial, 22% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black. By comparison, Okmulgee County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PRESTON HS has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Okmulgee County's rate of about 75%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Okmulgee County indicate median household income runs about $54,029, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Okmulgee County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,097 students), of which PRESTON HS is one.

The closest other public school is PRESTON ES, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PRESTON HS has rose 16%, going from 170 students in 2018 to 198 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

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