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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 ...
OKC's Students Moved to the Suburbs. The Funding Didn't.
Deer Creek just asked voters for $153 million to build classrooms. Voters overwhelmingly approved the bond, and the district projects enrollment will reach 11,000 by 2034, up from 8,165 today. Fifteen...
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
Oklahoma's public school enrollment returned above pre-pandemic levels in 2022. It stayed there for three years. Then, in 2025-26, the bottom fell out: 10,640 students vanished in a single year, the l...
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 City Lost Nearly a Third of Its Students in a Decade
In 2015-16, Oklahoma City Public Schools enrolled 45,577 students, more than any district in the state. By 2025-26, that number had fallen to 31,104. The loss of 14,473 students, a 31.8% decline, is t...