Oologah-Talala

The four schools in Oologah-Talala serve students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Lower Elementary serves PK–1, Upper Elementary grades 2–5, Middle School grades 6–8, and High School grades 9–12. Enrollment ranges from 333 to 525. Test results are available for three schools; Lower Elementary has no supplied test scores. The clearest overall finding is that results vary sharply by school, with High School strongest and Upper Elementary weakest.

Oologah-Talala High School led the reported schools in all three 2025–26 subjects: 50% in ELA, 28% in math, and 48% in science. Those results were 24, 3, and 18 percentage points above the state, respectively; its U.S. History result was 58%, 17 points above the state. Oologah-Talala Middle School also stood out in science, at 43%, 13 points above the state, though its ELA and math were below state results. Oologah-Talala Upper Elementary School had the lowest ELA and science results, at 19% and 18%. SchoolDigger ranks High School 26th of 462 (94th percentile, 5 stars), Middle School 162nd of 378 (57th percentile, 3 stars), and Upper Elementary 439th of 626 (30th percentile, 2 stars).

Recent changes reinforce the contrast: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, High School rose 13 points in ELA, 9 in math, and 27 in science, while Upper Elementary fell 8, 8, and 12 points; Middle School’s science rose 17 points as ELA and math each slipped 1. Across the three schools and subjects, the equal-school average rose from 26% to 30%, while the state average stayed about 27%. Context measures do not form a simple pattern: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 41% at High School, 46% at Middle School, 49% at Upper Elementary, and 61% at Lower Elementary. Student-teacher ratios were 16.9 at High School and 16.8 at Upper Elementary, compared with 13.2 at Middle School.