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Porum High School

Public Grades 9-12
413th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 463 Oklahoma High Schools
Better than 11% of Oklahoma high schools
Summary

Porum High School is a public high school located in Porum, Oklahoma, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 138 students. The school is part of the Porum School District, which is ranked 357 out of 452 districts in Oklahoma and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Porum High School consistently underperforms compared to the state average on standardized tests, with only 27% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 37%, and only 3% proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state average of 18%. The school's four-year graduation rate is around 70-80%, which is lower than the state average, and it has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching as high as 19% in the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, Porum High School has a very high percentage of students (around 80%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

When comparing Porum High School to the nearby high schools, such as Eufaula High School, Oktaha High School, and Vian High School, it is clear that Porum is one of the lower-performing schools in the region. Most of the nearby schools outperform Porum on academic measures, have higher graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Porum High School's performance has also been somewhat inconsistent over the years, with the school ranking as high as 92 out of 307 Oklahoma high schools in the 2020-2021 school year, but then dropping significantly in subsequent years, ranking as low as 413 out of 463 in the 2024-2025 school year.

117
Students ?
10.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,995
Per pupil spending ?
75.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 410 N 4th St
       Porum, OK  74455-4455

(918) 484-5122

District: Porum


Feeder schools for Porum High School:

Elementary:    Porum Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

American Indian:
54.7%
White:
41.0%
Asian:
1.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 37th percentile in 2009 → 11th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oklahoma average (16% vs 31% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Oklahoma average (68% vs 82%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school16%
District avg21%
Oklahoma avg31%
413th of 463
Oklahoma public high schools ?
Bottom 11%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Oklahoma High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
357th of 452Porum among Oklahoma districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202517.8413 of 46310.8%★☆☆☆☆
202416.4380 of 43111.8%★☆☆☆☆
202312.0410 of 4396.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202164.392 of 30770.0%★★★★☆
201635.2180 of 25128.3%★☆☆☆☆
201532.0393 of 44912.5%★☆☆☆☆
201135.6325 of 42423.3%★☆☆☆☆
201046.0272 of 43136.9%★★☆☆☆
200944.1269 of 42837.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202315.9310 of 35312.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202415.6329 of 37011.1%★☆☆☆☆
202313.0352 of 3807.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
20247.5346 of 3614.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.2327 of 3557.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202411.1155 of 1687.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.0181 of 1873.2%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Female (2023)12th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)11th percentile~ school
Native American (2024)8th percentile-4 vs school
Male (2024)4th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts I27%~ state avg
U.S. History23%-19 vs state
Science10%-20 vs state
Mathematics3%-23 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Porum High School

Porum High School ranks in the bottom 10.8% of Oklahoma high schools.

Porum High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Porum Elementary School

In the 2024-25 school year, 117 students attended Porum High School.

Students at Porum High School are 55% American Indian, 41% White, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.


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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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