High Schools in Tonkawa

Tonkawa has one listed high school, Tonkawa High School, serving grades 9–12 with 195 students. The latest results are mixed: in 2025–2026, the school was above the state in English Language Arts I but below it in mathematics, science, and U.S. History. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was notably higher than the state’s. The most important recent finding is that test results fell broadly, leaving the school below the state in three of four subjects.

Because it is the only school listed, Tonkawa High School is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this local group; there is no school-to-school comparison. Its latest relative strength was English Language Arts I, with 33% compared with 26% statewide, or 7 points higher. Science was the largest shortfall: 16% compared with 30%, or 14 points lower. Mathematics was 16% versus 25% statewide, and U.S. History was 34% versus 41%. The school’s graduation rate was 95% in 2024–2025, 18 points above the statewide rate of 78%, a positive contrast with its latest test results.

Results weakened overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with the sharpest declines in U.S. History, down 29 points from 63% to 34%, and English Language Arts I, down 16 points from 49% to 33%; mathematics rose 6 points, from 10% to 16%. Across the four subjects, the school’s simple average moved from 38%—7 points above the state average—to 25%, 6 points below the state average. SchoolDigger’s ranking also fell from 92 of 463 schools (80th percentile) in 2024–2025 to 245 of 462 (47th percentile) in 2025–2026. As context, the school had a student–teacher ratio of 11.6 in 2024–2025, and 62% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures describe the sole listed school and do not provide a comparison with other local schools.