High Schools in Elk City

Summary:

Elk City, Oklahoma is home to a single high school, Elk City High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranging from 145th out of 431 schools in 2023-2024 to 301st out of 439 schools in 2022-2023. While the school's performance on standardized tests is mixed, with below-average scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics but above-average scores in U.S. History, its four-year graduation rate of 82.2% in 2023-2024 is a positive metric.

Elk City High School faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 52.79% in 2023-2024 and a per-student spending of $8,823 in 2018-2019, which is below the state average. The school's student-teacher ratio of 17.6 for 2023-2024 is slightly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.0% in 2024-2025 is higher than the state's average, which could be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance.

Overall, Elk City is home to a single high school that has seen fluctuations in its performance, with mixed academic achievement and some socioeconomic challenges. While the school's graduation rate is a positive metric, addressing attendance issues and targeting interventions to improve overall academic achievement could be areas of focus for the school and district.

District Detail

300 N Boone Ave
Elk City, OK 73644-4617

(580) 225-0175

SchoolDigger Rank:
77^th of 452 Oklahoma districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,122

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 11th Grade	OSTP English Language Arts I All Grades	OSTP Mathematics 11th Grade	OSTP Mathematics All Grades	OSTP Science 11th Grade	OSTP Science All Grades	OSTP U.S. History 11th Grade	OSTP U.S. History All Grades	Total
Elk City High School	Public	9-12	1221 N Pioneer Rd	Elk City	73644	Beckham County	Elk City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(580) 225-0105	627	34	18.3	47.4%	382 (60.9%)	15 (2.4%)	155 (24.7%)	7 (1.1%)	15 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.5%)	56.5	170^th of 463 public high schools	63.3%		60.7	145^th of 431 public high schools	66.4%	25	34.0	34.0	18.0	18.0	16.0	16.0	54.0	54.0	$11,046

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Merritt	3.53 mi	2	56^th
Canute	8.65 mi	2	67^th
Sayre	13.36 mi	3	163^rd
Hammon	14.73 mi	2	106^th
Burns Flat-Dill City	15.48 mi	2	285^th

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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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