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Schools in Nichols Hills · Oklahoma City Public Schools

Nichols Hills’s public schools score below 91% of Oklahoma districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 9% of Nichols Hills’s students scored proficient, below the Oklahoma average (25%). The grade covers the public school district serving Nichols Hills, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Oklahoma, not nationally.

#123of 130 Oklahoma townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Oklahoma state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

12%

▼ 15 pts vs OK 27%

2021–22

Math proficiency

▼ 16 pts vs OK 25%

2021–22

Graduate on time

70%

▼ 11 pts vs OK 81%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$14.0K

▲ 14% vs OK $12.2K

FY2024

Students per teacher

16.2

OK 16.1

Schools in town

31,709 students on the public path

In brief

Nichols Hills’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 12% of tested students were proficient in reading and 9% in math, against 27% and 25% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

70% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 81% across Oklahoma. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $13,968 per student, against $12,210 across Oklahoma (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

30 elementary schools, then 14 middle and nine high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is up 8% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

Christ the King Catholic School (private) is in town. Every school ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Nichols Hills’s grade

D Test scoresD Graduation

D: better than 9% of Oklahoma school districts, #123 of 130 Oklahoma towns. Both inputs trail the Oklahoma average; among the 4 Oklahoma towns with similar household incomes, Nichols Hills’s schools place at the bottom.

Oklahoma school districts we grade (522)Better than 9%

Lower resultsHigher results

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 16,104 test results and a graduating class of 1,962 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Nichols Hills’s students in the tested grades sat them (16,086 in math, 16,122 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Nichols Hills, with each school’s own grade.

30 schools teach K in Nichols Hills’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A, so check the specific school.

Nichols Hills’s public schools score below 91% of Oklahoma districts on tests and graduation

Nichols Hills’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

30 elementary schools, then 14 middle and nine high schools

Choice beyond the district

What’s behind Nichols Hills’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well below the state in reading

Nichols Hills vs. its neighbors

Every school in Nichols Hills

Questions about Nichols Hills’s schools

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