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Best Public Schools in Coal County, OK

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Schools

1,080

Students

Districts

Top rankedTupelo High School282^nd of 463 Oklahoma high schools

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Biggest riser

Tupelo High School up 31 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Cottonwood Public School 10.1 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Wallace Byrd Middle School and 1 more

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSTP English Language Arts I (2025)								OSTP Mathematics (2025)								OSTP Science (2025)				OSTP U.S. History (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSTP English Language Arts I 3rd Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 4th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 5th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 6th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 7th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 8th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I 11th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I All Grades	OSTP Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSTP Mathematics 4th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 5th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 6th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 7th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 8th Grade	OSTP Mathematics 11th Grade	OSTP Mathematics All Grades	OSTP Science 5th Grade	OSTP Science 8th Grade	OSTP Science 11th Grade	OSTP Science All Grades	OSTP U.S. History 11th Grade	OSTP U.S. History All Grades	Total
Emerson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	111 Fox Ave	Coalgate	74538	Coal County	Coalgate	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(580) 927-2351	394	30	13.2	71.1%	192 (48.7%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	132 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.4%)	28.4	449^th of 614 public elementary schools	26.9%					(n/a)	16.0	22.0	13.0	20.0				18.0	7.0	7.0	18.0	28.0				15.0	29.0			29.0			$13,006
Wallace Byrd Middle School	Public	7-8	108 West Cedar	Coalgate	74538	Coal County	Coalgate	No	(n/a)	No	No	(580) 927-3560	87	7	11.8	66.7%	42 (48.3%)	1 (1.1%)	7 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (35.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.9%)	37.5	231^st of 369 public middle schools	37.4%					(n/a)					21.0	26.0		23.0					10.0	3.0		6.0		33.0		33.0			$15,556
Coalgate High School	Public	9-12	111 West Cedar	Coalgate	74538	Coal County	Coalgate	No	(n/a)	No	No	(580) 927-2592	236	23	10.4	71.6%	119 (50.4%)	3 (1.3%)	12 (5.1%)	2 (0.8%)	73 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.4%)	24	379^th of 463 public high schools	18.1%		48.8	201^st of 431 public high schools	53.4%	178							23.0	23.0							6.0	6.0			18.0	18.0	26.0	26.0	$16,928
Cottonwood Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	38286 Lubbis St	Coalgate	74538	Coal County	Cottonwood	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(580) 927-3907	128	13	10.1	75.0%	56 (43.8%)	11 (8.6%)	8 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (40.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)								39.0								40.0							$20,180
Tupelo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	200 South 7th	Tupelo	74572	Coal County	Tupelo	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(580) 845-2802	165	11	14.4	92.1%	80 (48.5%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (30.3%)								(n/a)								40.0								55.0				50.0			$14,443
Tupelo High School	Public	9-12	200 South 7th	Tupelo	74572	Coal County	Tupelo	No	(n/a)	No	No	(580) 845-2381	70	9	7.9	74.3%	26 (37.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (31.4%)	38.2	282^nd of 463 public high schools	39.1%		28.3	313^th of 431 public high schools	27.4%	31							34.0	34.0							3.0	3.0			21.0	21.0	38.0	38.0	$20,267

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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