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VERDIGRIS HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About VERDIGRIS HS
VERDIGRIS HS is a mid-sized senior high in Claremore, Oklahoma, one of the schools within VERDIGRIS. The school teaches 399 students in grades 9 through 12.
Across the 4 schools in VERDIGRIS (1,352 students total), VERDIGRIS HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, VERDIGRIS HS records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% multiracial, 15% Native American, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Rogers County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting VERDIGRIS HS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at VERDIGRIS HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Rogers County's rate of about 56%.
Across the wider county, census data for Rogers County shows median household income runs about $80,067, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Rogers County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,144 students), of which VERDIGRIS HS is one.
The closest other public school is VERDIGRIS JHS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around VERDIGRIS HS.
VERDIGRIS HS operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. VERDIGRIS HS's enrollment has increased 33% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 399). The White share of enrollment shrank from 64% to 57% over that span.
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- WESTSIDE ESElementary · 501 students
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- VERDIGRIS UPPER ES0.7 mi · 314
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- CHEROKEE ES4.5 mi · 857