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STILLWATER HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About STILLWATER HS
STILLWATER HS operates as a heavily attended secondary school in Stillwater, Oklahoma, run under STILLWATER. Current enrollment sits at 1,341 students spanning grades 10 through 12. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 443 students each, so STILLWATER HS sits 203% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 9 schools in STILLWATER (6,049 students total), STILLWATER HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, STILLWATER HS reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Native American. By comparison, Payne County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting STILLWATER HS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Payne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,809 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STILLWATER HS is one of 26 public schools in Payne County (combined enrollment of about 10,609 students).
WILL ROGERS ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 1,198 students in 2018 compared to 1,341 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 69% to 59%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.
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