Regular local school district · Le Flore County
Poteau School District, OK: schools, enrollment and spending
Poteau School District runs 5 public schools with 2,146 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Oklahoma figure of 16.5.Listed in NCES data as "POTEAU".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,146
- Teachers (FTE)
- 142
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- OK: 16.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 100 Mockingbird Lane, Poteau, OK 74953
- Phone
- (918)647-7700
- County
- Le Flore County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4024870
- State district ID
- OK-40-I029
- Total staff (FTE)
- 261
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 268 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
Oklahoma16.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,155), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $22.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.7 million
- State revenue
- $13.4 million
- Local revenue
- $5.1 million
- Total spending
- $24.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,234
- Salaries
- $11.9 million49.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.7%
- State: 60.5%
- Local: 22.8%
Oklahoma overall
- Federal: 14.4%
- State: 44.8%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,234
Oklahoma$11,596
United States$16,826
Schools in Poteau School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| 7th and 8th Grade Academic CtrCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 277 | 13.8 |
| Pansy Kidd Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 288 | 16.0 |
| Poteau High School | High | 9 to 12 | 674 | 17.7 |
| Poteau Primary EsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 439 | 13.7 |
| Poteau Upper EsCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 468 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Le Flore County
- Spiro School District 1,087 students
- Heavener School District 842 students
- Panama School District 744 students
- Pocola School District 731 students
- Howe School District 666 students
- Wister School District 480 students
- Talihina School District 455 students
- Arkoma School District 346 students
- Cameron School District 286 students
- Whitesboro School District 229 students
- Hodgen School District 220 students
- Le Flore County Public Schools 219 students
- Shady Point School District 158 students
- Bokoshe School District 136 students
- Monroe School District 99 students
More in Oklahoma
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.