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Six in Ten Oklahoma Districts Have Recovered to Pre-COVID Graduation Levels. Four in Ten Have Not.
Five years after COVID disrupted education across Oklahoma, the graduation rate recovery remains unfinished. Of 284 districts with data in both 2019 and 2025, 169 have returned to or exceeded their pr...
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 ...
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...