Best Public Schools in Fargo, OK

Fargo, Oklahoma, has two schools: Fargo Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and Fargo High School, serving grades 9–12. The clearest area-wide finding is that the schools’ equal-weight average math proficiency rose from 18% in 2024–2025 to 30% in 2025–2026, moving from 9 points below the state to 5 points above; their ELA average rose from 30% to 41%, widening its advantage over the state from 4 to 15 points.

In the latest results for subjects reported at both schools, Fargo High School leads Fargo Elementary School by 11 points in ELA (46% to 35%) and 5 points in math (32% to 27%); both schools are above state results in both subjects. The earlier results show a notable contrast: in 2024–2025, Elementary’s science proficiency was 45%, compared with 18% at High—a 27-point gap, with Elementary 15 points above the state and High 12 points below. High’s 2025–2026 11th-grade results were above state levels in all four reported subjects, by 10 points in ELA, 15 in math, 11 in science, and 2 in U.S. History.

Results at High improved across every subject reported in both years: ELA rose 15 points, math 22, science 14, and U.S. History 5. SchoolDigger’s high-school percentile ranking also rose from 12th in 2023–2024 to 86th in 2025–2026, while SchoolDigger ranks the Fargo district 38th of 450, in the 92nd percentile, with five stars. Other context is favorable: High’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 97%, versus 78% statewide, and its 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 8%, versus 16% statewide. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 10.9 at Elementary and 10.3 at High; free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 79% and 73%, respectively. These all-grades results are not same-grade comparisons because the schools serve different grade spans.