Summary:
Seminole, Oklahoma, has 11 schools—five elementary, two middle, and four high schools—serving students from early childhood through high school; enrollment ranges from 50 to 432 students. Test results are available for 10 schools, and the reported all-grades math average is 17%, compared with 25% statewide, an 8-point shortfall. Results vary sharply from school to school, but math is the clearest shared academic weakness.
Academy of Seminole High School is the strongest like-grade standout: among 11th graders, it leads the other high schools in all four subjects, with 58% proficient in ELA, 29% in math, 40% in science, and 66% in U.S. History. Those results are 22, 12, 19, and 25 points above the respective state figures. Academy of Seminole Elementary School also stands out, with all-grades results of 39% in math and 65% in science—14 and 35 points above the state. At the lower end, Strother High School has 11th-grade results of 12% in ELA, 0% in math, and 28% in U.S. History, respectively 24, 17, and 13 points below state results; Varnum High School is 19 points below the state in science, at 2%.
Recent changes are mixed: across schools with comparable results, average ELA fell 3 points and math fell 2, while science rose 4 points and U.S. History rose 1. SchoolDigger ranks Academy High 13th of 462 statewide, in the 97th percentile with five stars; its student–teacher ratio is 9.3, and 60% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in sy 2024–25. That same low-income measure was 72% on average across the 11 schools. Varnum High School offers a contrasting picture: its 2024–25 graduation rate was 94%, 17 points above the state, and its 2025–26 chronic absenteeism rate was 1%, compared with 16% statewide, despite low test results. School results cover different grades, so all-grades comparisons are not direct like-grade comparisons.
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