Best Public Schools in Anadarko, OK

Anadarko, Oklahoma, has six schools—three elementary schools, a middle school, a high school and an alternative school—with a combined enrollment of 1,738 students. In 2025–2026, reported test results show some clear strengths, but performance differs sharply by school and subject: most reported all-grades results were below the state, with notable exceptions in English Language Arts at Anadarko High and mathematics at Mission Elementary.

Mission Elementary School stands out in all-grades mathematics and science, scoring 29% and 28%, respectively—the highest reported scores in those subjects. Its math score was 4 percentage points above the state’s 25%; its science score was 2 points below the state’s 30%. Mission’s grade-5 math result was also 4 points above the state (32% versus 28%). Anadarko High School led in all-grades ELA at 36%, 10 points above the state, though its grade-11 result matched the state at 36%. At the lower end, Anadarko East Elementary School had the lowest all-grades ELA score, 10%, while High School had the lowest math and science scores, 9% and 12%. Test scores are unavailable for Riverside Indian School and Sunset Elementary School.

Recent changes are mixed rather than a steady rise across schools. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, average science scores rose from 17% to 19%, and the average gap with the state narrowed from 13 to 11 points; math’s average fell from 17% to 16%, but its gap narrowed from 10 to 9 points as the state score also fell. High School ELA rose 12 points, while East math fell 8. SchoolDigger percentiles also fluctuated: High School went from 39 to 21 to 40 over three years, and Mission from 12 to 36 to 33. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 88% at Mission and 87% at East; Riverside reported that all students receive free meals (Community Eligibility). In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism ranged from 15% at East to 25% at Sunset. Mission and Anadarko Middle School both had a student-teacher ratio of 11.8, yet their all-grades math scores were 29% and 14%.