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Schools in Castle

Castle’s public schools

Okemah Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Castle. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Oklahoma’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Oklahoma’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
16%
2021–22
Math proficiency
14%
2021–22
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.0K
▲ 15% vs OK $12.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.0
OK 16.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
639 students on the public path
In brief

Castle’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Castle’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Oklahoma’s 1,626 public schools. Oakes Es places highest (better than 56%); Okemah MS lowest (11%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Castle, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Oakes Esin OkemahB
6–8Okemah MSin OkemahD
9–12Okemah HSin OkemahD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Okemah Public Schools.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Okemah Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 736 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (OK 16.1)
$13,982OK $12,210 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading16%
State average 27.2% · 344 students tested
Math14%
State average 24.9% · 344 students tested

Castle vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Oklahoma towns that share Castle’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Castle—Okemah

Every school in Castle

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Oklahoma’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Castlein other towns
Oakes Es
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Okemah
B
237 students13:1Rate it →
Okemah MS
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Okemah
D
176 students14:1Rate it →
Okemah HS
High · Grades 9–12 · Okemah
D
226 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Castle’s schools

Are Castle’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Castle. Okemah Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Castle. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Oklahoma’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Castle in?

Okemah Public Schools.

Where do Castle kids go to high school?

Okemah HS.

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What Castle families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.