Monday, April 13, 2026

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One in Three Oklahoma Districts Just Hit Record-Low Enrollment

Tulsa is at its lowest enrollment in at least 11 years. So is Oklahoma City. So are Moore, Union, and Enid. In total, 187 of Oklahoma's 541 public school districts recorded their lowest enrollment in ...

Bixby Grew 41% While Tulsa Lost a Fifth of Its Students

Bixby added 2,486 students over the last decade. Tulsa Public Schools, 15 miles north, lost 8,417 in the same period. The two districts share a metro area, a labor market, and an interstate corridor. ...

Oklahoma's Virtual Schools Now Enroll More Students Than Any District Except Two

If Oklahoma's seven virtual charter schools were a single district, it would be the state's third-largest. At 37,249 students in 2025-26, the virtual sector enrolls more students than Edmond (24,993),...

Fewer Kindergartners Than Seniors for the First Time

In 2016, Oklahoma's public schools enrolled 127 kindergartners for every 100 seniors. A decade later, that ratio has collapsed to 93. For the first time in the state's available enrollment history, fe...