Insight School of Oklahoma
Traditional Schools Lost 33,300 Students. The State Totals Hid It.
Oklahoma's statewide enrollment has barely moved in a decade. At 686,718 students in 2025-26, the total sits just 5,952 below its 2015-16 level, a decline of 0.9%. By national standards, that number l...
Three in Four Oklahoma Districts Still Below Pre-COVID Enrollment
Correction (July 23, 2026): An earlier version said the three-year slide of 14,540 students was more than the COVID drop and the pre-pandemic growth before it combined. That combined figure is 14,601 ...
Two of Three Oklahoma Districts Lost Students This Year
In 2019, 333 Oklahoma districts lost students. The state still grew by 3,770, because a handful of fast-expanding charter and virtual schools more than offset the losses. In 2025-26, 350 districts los...
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),...
Oklahoma Lost More Students This Year Than During COVID
The last time Oklahoma lost this many students in a single year, schools were closed, parents were afraid to send children to classrooms, and a pandemic had upended American life. This time there is n...