TUPELO HS

Set in Tupelo, Oklahoma, TUPELO HS is a rural-scale high school, run under TUPELO. It teaches 70 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 443 students each, so TUPELO HS sits 84% leaner than that benchmark.

TUPELO comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 235 students; TUPELO HS is among them.

Looking at the student body, TUPELO HS lists that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 31% multiracial, 29% Native American, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Coal County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Coal County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,423 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Coal County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,080 students), of which TUPELO HS is one.

The closest other public school is TUPELO ES, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. TUPELO HS's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 70 (now 70). Over the same period, the White share fell from 51% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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