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Optima Public School

Public school districtGrades PK–6

Serves Optima.

Optima’s Schools page →

Students
47
Schools
1
Spent per student
$13,880
OK $12,210
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
83%
The gist

What stands out about Optima Public School

  • Its letter, D: results better than 12% of Oklahoma districts
  • Math proficiency 20 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 12 pts below the state
  • Spends 14% more per student than the OK average
  • 16 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 6% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 12% of the 522 Oklahoma school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Optima. Grade by grade →

PK–6Optima Public SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. OK

2021–22
Math proficiency0–10%
State average 24.9% · 34 students tested · small group: the state reports a range
Reading / language arts11–19%
State average 27.2% · 34 students tested

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$13,880 per student · 14% above OK
Spending
Classroom instruction 61%Support & administration 25%Other 14%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 56%State 29%Federal 15%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
50’20
50’21
47’22
50’23
47’24

Down 6% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 85%White 15%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Oklahoma’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Oklahoma.