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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 74653

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Schools

791

Students

Top rankedTonkawa Elementary School154^th of 626 Oklahoma elementary schools

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Tonkawa Elementary School up 59 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 74653 has three public schools in Tonkawa: Tonkawa Elementary School (PK–5, 402 students), Tonkawa Middle School (grades 6–8, 194 students) and Tonkawa High School (grades 9–12, 195 students). The clearest area-wide strength is Elementary: in 2025–26, its all-grades results beat state results in ELA by 11 points, math by 12 and science by 24, although fourth-grade math is a marked exception.

Tonkawa Elementary School stands out at the top overall, while Tonkawa Middle School has the weakest all-grades ELA result: 15% proficient versus 26% statewide, an 11-point gap. Elementary’s fourth-grade math was 10% versus 33% statewide, 23 points lower, despite fifth-grade math being 22 points above the state. Tonkawa High School has a mixed profile: ELA was 7 points above state, but math was 9 points below, science 14 below and U.S. History 7 below. Its 2024–25 graduation rate was 95%, compared with 78% statewide, an 18-point advantage. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not like-grade comparisons.

Recent trends differ by school and subject. Middle improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in ELA by 2 points, math by 6 and science by 9, but seventh-grade ELA remained 15 points below state. High’s math rose 6 points, while ELA fell 16, science 14 and U.S. History 29. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose for Elementary, from 51 in 2023–24 to 75 in 2025–26; High fell from 80 in 2024–25 to 47, while Middle rose from 17 to 27 over those years. These rankings are distinct from test scores. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 73% at Elementary, 70% at Middle and 62% at High; student-teacher ratios were 14.3, 16.8 and 11.6, respectively. These are context, not explanations for achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSTP English Language Arts I (2026)								OSTP Mathematics (2026)								OSTP Science (2026)				OSTP U.S. History (2026)		Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners up to date on all required vaccines (of those with a record on file)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Tonkawa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	501 North Public	Tonkawa	74653	Kay County	Tonkawa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(580) 628-2592	402	28	14.3	72.6%	210 (52.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (9.2%)	3 (0.7%)	88 (21.9%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (15.4%)	71.1	154^th of 626 public elementary schools	75.4%		61.2	213^th of 614 public elementary schools	65.3%	59	47.0	28.0	37.0					37.0	49.0	10.0	50.0					37.0	54.0			54.0			94.3%	5.7%	$10,247
Tonkawa Middle School	Public	6-8	500 East North Avenue	Tonkawa	74653	Kay County	Tonkawa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(580) 628-2566	194	12	16.8	70.1%	106 (54.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (11.9%)	1 (0.5%)	41 (21.1%)	1 (0.5%)	22 (11.3%)	31.3	276^th of 378 public middle schools	27.0%		21.5	305^th of 369 public middle schools	17.3%	29				23.0	8.0	13.0		15.0				25.0	17.0	8.0		16.0		32.0		32.0					$11,316
Tonkawa High School	Public	9-12	500 East North Avenue	Tonkawa	74653	Kay County	Tonkawa	No	(n/a)	No	No	(580) 628-2566	195	17	11.6	62.1%	114 (58.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.7%)	3 (1.5%)	48 (24.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.7%)	44.5	245^th of 462 public high schools	47.0%		72.4	92^nd of 463 public high schools	80.1%	153							33.0	33.0							16.0	16.0			16.0	16.0	34.0	34.0			$14,169

Cities Near Zip Code 74653

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tonkawa	0.2 mi	3	170^th
Blackwell	7.66 mi	3	109^th
Ponca City	11.25 mi	12	194^th
Billings	12.87 mi	2	330^th
Lamont	14.4 mi	1	19^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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