Putnam City High School

Putnam City High School sits in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is classified as a high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,995 students. By comparison, high schools in Oklahoma enroll about 443 students on average.

The district, PUTNAM CITY, operates 26 schools serving 18,836 students.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Putnam City High School is Hispanic, with 35% of students. Enrollment also includes 26% Black, 21% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 15 points above the 20% share among Oklahoma County residents. The diversity index for Putnam City High School is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

On staff are 101.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. Statewide, high schools in Oklahoma average 15.4:1. Putnam City High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 66%. The average for public schools in Oklahoma County is similar, at 67%.

The school is in Oklahoma County, where median household income comes to about $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Oklahoma County's 225 public schools enroll about 161,569 students and include Putnam City High School.

Central Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Putnam City High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was 1,995 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,896. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.7:1 to 19.6:1 over the same years.

This page is set up for the Putnam City High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.