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THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS
Located at 2906 East 41st Street, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS is an expansive four-year high school that enrolls 1,083 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by TULSA. Enrollment runs roughly 144% above the state mean of about 443.
TULSA runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 33,617 students. THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS records that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 13% Black, 5% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.
On the resource side, On paper, THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Tulsa County put median household income runs about $69,009, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS is one campus in the mix.
EDISON PREPARATORY MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 1,173 students in 2018 compared to 1,083 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 20% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.
On allk12, members of the THOMAS EDISON PREPARATORY HS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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