Sterling High School

Sterling High School is a high school located in Sterling, Oklahoma, in Comanche County. The school's enrollment of 99 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Oklahoma average about 443 students each.

STERLING oversees Sterling High School and 1 other school, with 312 students in total.

White students are the majority at Sterling High School, with 79% of enrollment. The school is also 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Native American. The White share of the county population is lower, at 58%. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

A ratio of 16.1:1 comes from the school's 6.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.4:1 average for high schools in Oklahoma. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 45% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Comanche County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.

Comanche County census figures show that the median household income is $60,761, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. There are 44 public schools in Comanche County, enrolling about 20,786 students in all.

Sterling Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, 7 other public schools sit within ten miles of Sterling High School.

Sterling High School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment dropped 10% from its 2020-21 level of 110.

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