Summary:
The 74873 zip code area is home to two high schools: Tecumseh High School and Okla Youth Academy High School-Tecumseh. While both schools serve students in the same geographic area, they exhibit stark differences in their performance and student demographics.
Tecumseh High School appears to be the larger and higher-performing of the two, with a student enrollment of 646 and a 3-star statewide rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, Okla Youth Academy High School-Tecumseh has a much smaller student population of just 49 and a 0-star rating. Tecumseh High School also outperforms the state average in 11th-grade English Language Arts and U.S. History, though it lags in Math and Science.
The data suggests that Okla Youth Academy High School-Tecumseh serves a highly disadvantaged student population, with a 100% free/reduced lunch rate. This is in contrast to Tecumseh High School, which has a 52.94% free/reduced lunch rate. Despite the higher per-student spending and lower student-teacher ratio at Okla Youth Academy High School-Tecumseh, the school's test scores remain significantly lower than the state average, suggesting the need for further investigation into the factors contributing to the performance gap between the two institutions.
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