STERLING HS

STERLING HS, a rural-scale senior high in Sterling, Oklahoma, overseen by STERLING, serves 99 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

STERLING runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 312 students. STERLING HS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, STERLING HS records that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Comanche County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Comanche County's rate of about 67%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Comanche County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,761, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Comanche County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,786 students), STERLING HS is one campus in the mix.

STERLING ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

STERLING HS operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STERLING HS has ticked up 8%, going from 92 students in 2018 to 99 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On this page, members of the STERLING HS community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.