Best Public Schools in Coleman, OK

Coleman, Oklahoma, has two listed schools: Coleman Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and Coleman High School, serving grades 9–12. The clearest concern in the latest results is mathematics: in 2025–2026, All Grades proficiency was 10% at the elementary school and 5% at the high school, versus 25% statewide. The gap also shows up in grade-specific results: elementary fifth graders scored 0% against 28% statewide, and high school 11th graders scored 5% against 17%. Mathematics is the strongest shared warning sign across Coleman’s schools.

The schools stand out in different subjects, with the high school’s ELA result notably stronger. In 2025–2026 All Grades ELA, the high school had 48% proficiency—22 percentage points above the state’s 26%—while the elementary school had 15%, 11 points below the state. That is a 33-point gap between the schools. Science was more even: results were 34% at the high school and 32% at the elementary school, both above the state’s 30%. SchoolDigger’s rankings also show a sharp contrast: the high school was at the 74th percentile with 4 stars, while the elementary school was at the 6th percentile with 0 stars.

Recent trends differ by school: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the elementary school’s ELA, mathematics, and science results fell by 10, 15, and 6 points, respectively, while the high school’s rose by 7, 5, and 10 points. Science is a modest shared strength in the latest year, but the two-year record is mixed. The high school also had a 96% graduation rate in 2024–2025, compared with 78% statewide, and 6% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 versus 16% statewide. For context, in 2024–2025 the schools had student–teacher ratios of 13.9 at the elementary school and 13.4 at the high school; their free/reduced lunch eligible figures that year were 80% and 63%, respectively. These measures describe different school settings and do not explain the test results; the schools also serve different grade spans.