Regular local school district · Cherokee County
Tenkiller School District, OK: schools, enrollment and spending
Tenkiller School District runs 1 public school with 157 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is 5.3 lower than the Oklahoma figure of 16.5.Listed in NCES data as "TENKILLER".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 157
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- OK: 16.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 26106 East 863 Road, Welling, OK 74471
- Phone
- (918)457-5996
- County
- Cherokee County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4029670
- State district ID
- OK-11-C066
- Total staff (FTE)
- 38
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
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 (250), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $1.7 million
- Local revenue
- $460,000
- Total spending
- $3.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,568
- Salaries
- $1.8 million53.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 35.4%
- State: 50.7%
- Local: 13.9%
Oklahoma overall
- Federal: 14.4%
- State: 44.8%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,568
Oklahoma$11,596
United States$16,826
Schools in Tenkiller School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tenkiller Public School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 157 | 11.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cherokee County
- Tahlequah School District 3,712 students
- Keys School District 769 students
- Hulbert School District 534 students
- Grand View School District 521 students
- Briggs School District 390 students
- Woodall School District 373 students
- Peggs School District 163 students
- Shady Grove School District 134 students
- Norwood School District 118 students
- Cherokee Immersion Charter Es 116 students
- Lowrey School District 100 students
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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.