Oklahoma City Public Schools

The Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS) is a multicultural public school district serving most of the urban area of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is the second largest primary and secondary education district in the state of Oklahoma, after Tulsa Public Schools, with 66 schools and approximately 32,086 students enrolled students during the 2021–2022 school year.^[2]

Oklahoma City Public Schools
Location
3101 Lyon Blvd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112 United States
District information
Type	Public, Primary, Secondary, Co-Educational, Independent
Motto	Preparing students for success in school, work, and life
Grades	PK–12
Established	1889; 136 years ago (1889)
Superintendent	Dr. Sean McDaniel
Schools	66
Budget	$400 million[1]
Students and staff
Students	32,086 (2021-2022)
Staff	4,600
Other information
Website	www.okcps.org

History

Subscription schools were the first schools in Oklahoma Territory, but public schools began to emerge in the 1890s, shortly before 1907 statehood. By 1909, Oklahoma City had ten public school buildings.^[3] By 1930 the city had three high schools, six junior high schools, and 51 elementary schools with an enrollment of 38,593.^[3]

Boundary

The district boundary, all in Oklahoma County, includes the majority of Oklahoma City, as well as Nichols Hills, Spencer, The Village, and Valley Brook, and portions of Choctaw, Del City, Midwest City, and Nicoma Park.^[4]

Schools

High schools

• Capitol Hill High School
• Classen School of Advanced Studies
• Dove Science Academy
• Frederick A. Douglass High School
• Emerson North Alternative High School
• Emerson South Middle-High School
• U. S. Grant High School
• Harding Charter Preparatory High School
• Harding Fine Arts Academy
• John Marshall High School
• Northwest Classen High School
• Santa Fe South Charter High School
• Santa Fe South Pathways Middle College
• Southeast High School
• Star Spencer High School
• Putnam Heights Academy

Middle schools

• Jefferson Middle School
• John Marshall Enterprise Middle School
• Roosevelt Middle School
• Taft Middle School
• Northeast Academy
• Belle Isle Enterprise
• John W. Rex Charter
• Oklahoma Centennial Mid-High School
• Rogers Middle School
• Emerson South Mid-high School
• FD Moon Middle School
• Wheeler Middle School
• Capitol Hill Middle School
• Classen School of Advanced Studies Middle School
• Webster Middle School
• Southeast Middle School
• Mary Golda Ross Middle School
• Santa Fe South Middle School

Elementary schools

• Adams Elementary School
• Adelaide Lee Elementary School - The district plans to open a replacement facility in 2026, which would cost $29,330,000.^[5]
• Arthur Elementary School
• Bodine Elementary School
• Britton Elementary School
• Buchanan Elementary School
• César Chávez Elementary School
• Cleveland Elementary School
• Coolidge Elementary School
• Esperanza Elementary School
• Eugene Field Elementary School
• Fillmore Elementary School
• Hawthorne Elementary School
• Hayes Elementary School
• Heronville Elementary School
• Hillcrest Elementary School
• Kaiser Elementary School
• Mark Twain Elementary School
• Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
• Monroe Elementary School
• Nichols Hills Elementary School
• Prairie Queen Elementary School
• Quail Creek Elementary School
• Ridgeview Elementary School
• Rockwood Elementary School
• Southern Hills Elementary School
• Spencer Elementary School
• Thelma Parks Elementary school
• Van Buren Elementary School
• Willow Brook Elementary School
• Wilson Elementary School

Early Childhood Education Centers

• Gatewood Early Learning Center

Pre-K

• Pre-K Center at Horace Mann
• Pre-K Center at Johnson

Former schools

• Shidler Elementary School - The district intended to close that school in 2026 and move all students to Adelaide Lee Elementary School, which was to have a new building at that time. However in 2023 an issue with the building's structure caused the district to move many of the students to Adelaide Lee Elementary. In 2023 the district's board of education voted to immediately close the entire Shidler Elementary permanently and move all students to Adelaide Lee Elementary; the district decided that using only part of the Shidler Elementary facility would cause problems. That year the district was considering whether to repair the Shidler building and use it for another purpose.^[5]
• Central High School operated as a school from 1910 to 1981, and was converted to offices for Southwestern Bell in the mid-1980s. Since 2015, the building has housed the Oklahoma City University School of Law.^[6]