Best Public Schools in Hinton, OK

Hinton, Oklahoma, has three public schools serving 710 students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Hinton Elementary School (PK–4), Hinton Middle School (grades 5–8) and Hinton High School (grades 9–12). The clearest contrast is in math: Elementary’s latest All Grades proficiency was 61%, Middle’s 29% and High’s 0%, against a 25% state rate.

Hinton Elementary stands out in math, scoring 36 percentage points above the state; its 40% ELA result was also 14 points above the state. Hinton Middle was close to the state in All Grades math and science (29% and 31%, versus 25% and 30%), but its ELA result was 23%, three points below. Hinton High had a contrasting profile: ELA was 39%, 13 points above the state, while math was 0% and science 9%, respectively 25 and 21 points below. Middle’s grade results also vary: grade-5 math was 31 points above the state, while grade-8 math was 17 points below. All Grades comparisons span different grade ranges, so they are descriptive rather than like-for-like.

Across the three schools, the unweighted average rose from 24% to 34% in ELA and from 18% to 30% in math between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, but High’s math result fell 12 points while Elementary’s rose 34 and Middle’s rose 14. SchoolDigger ranks Elementary 52nd of 626 schools (92nd percentile, five stars), Middle 227th of 378 (40th percentile, two stars) and High 312th of 462 (32nd percentile, two stars). High also reported a 92% graduation rate in 2024–2025, versus 78% statewide, and 2% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, versus 16% statewide. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 74% at Elementary, 78% at Middle and 70% at High; student-teacher ratios were 16.2, 13.8 and 15.4, respectively.