Schools · Tenkiller

Tenkiller, OK schools

Kids attend Tenkiller Public School through grade 8, then Tahlequah HS.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Tenkiller’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Tenkiller’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of Oklahoma’s districts on state tests and graduation.

B+Test scoresB+Graduation

Oklahoma school districts we grade (511)Better than 70%

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High confidence. Built on 1,724 tested students and a graduating class of 314; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Oklahoma’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Oklahoma only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Oklahoma with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Tenkiller kids go to school

Grades PK–8

C-Tenkiller Public School 157 students · Welling Tenkiller Public School

Grades 9–12

B+Tahlequah HS 1,358 students · Tahlequah Tahlequah Public Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–8, Tenkiller Public School)12%

State average 22.1%

Math (grades 9–12, Tahlequah)27%

State average 22.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

OK: 80.6%

Graduating class

314

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Tenkiller

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Tenkiller Public SchoolGrades PK–8 · 1 school · 157 students

$18,223 per studentOK $12,210C-🏫

Tahlequah Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,712 students

$12,526 per studentOK $12,210A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Tenkiller

There’s no college in Tenkiller, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, 10.4 miles away.

Northeastern State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Tahlequah10.4 mi3,837 students

Bacone CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Muskogee27.1 mi106 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Tenkiller. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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