Tonkawa High School

Tonkawa High School is a small high school located in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. The school reports 195 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 56% smaller than the 443 average for high schools in Oklahoma.

District-wide, TONKAWA has 3 schools and 791 students.

White students make up a majority at Tonkawa High School, at 58%. Smaller groups are 25% Native American, 8% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Kay County is roughly 74% White. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The teaching staff at Tonkawa High School is 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.4:1 average for high schools in Oklahoma. About 62% of students, or 121, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kay County averages 76%, higher than here.

Tonkawa High School is located in Kay County, where the median household income is $58,423, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Tonkawa High School is one of 22 public schools in the county.

Tonkawa Middle School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2.

Under the NCES locale system, Tonkawa High School is Rural: Distant.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 194 to 195, a small change. Students per teacher fell from 12.9 in 2020-21 to 11.7 in 2024-25.

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