SALLISAW HS

SALLISAW HS, a medium-sized 9-12 campus in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, run under SALLISAW, enrolls 608 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 443 students each, so SALLISAW HS sits 37% above that benchmark.

Within SALLISAW, which oversees 4 schools and 1,919 students, SALLISAW HS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SALLISAW HS reports that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 36% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SALLISAW HS reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting SALLISAW HS higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Sequoyah County's rate of about 75%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sequoyah County indicate median household income runs about $51,093, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Sequoyah County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,452 students), of which SALLISAW HS is one.

Nearest neighbor: SALLISAW MS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around SALLISAW HS.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 594 students in 2018 compared to 608 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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