Best Public Schools in Guthrie, OK

The city of Guthrie, Oklahoma is home to 10 schools, including 5 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 2 high schools. The school district as a whole is underperforming, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger and rankings in the bottom half of Oklahoma schools. However, there are pockets of excellence, such as Fogarty Elementary School, which consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in the state, and Guthrie Junior High School, which has shown significant improvement in its statewide ranking.

The virtual charter schools, such as eSCHOOL VIRTUAL CHARTER High School, have high free/reduced lunch rates and lower test scores compared to the traditional public schools, but their graduation rate is on par with the district's high school. There is a clear correlation between poverty levels (as measured by free/reduced lunch) and academic performance, with the highest-poverty schools tending to have the lowest test scores.

Spending per student and student-teacher ratios do not appear to be strong predictors of school performance in Guthrie. The highest-spending school, Guthrie High School, has average test scores, while some of the lower-spending elementary schools, like Fogarty Elementary, excel. Similarly, the school with the highest student-teacher ratio, eSCHOOL VIRTUAL CHARTER High School, has average performance, while some of the lower-ratio elementary schools have very strong results.