TIPTON HS

TIPTON HS is a rural-scale four-year high school in Tipton, Oklahoma, overseen by TIPTON. The school enrolls 80 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 443 students each, so TIPTON HS sits 82% smaller than that benchmark.

TIPTON runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 213 students. TIPTON HS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, TIPTON HS logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

In terms of school funding signals, TIPTON HS reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 66% of students at TIPTON HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tillman County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Tillman County put median household earnings sit near $48,939, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Tillman County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,189 students), TIPTON HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TIPTON ES, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TIPTON HS has edged down 19%, going from 99 students in 2018 to 80 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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