OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) has released the 2026 Public School Report Cards on Oklaschools.com. This annual update gives families, educators, and communities a compilation of measures exploring how well local schools are supporting student achievement in key performance areas.
While a single letter grade cannot capture everything that makes a school unique, these report cards provide a helpful snapshot of where our schools are thriving and where they need extra support. By highlighting both areas of success and areas for improvement, this tool is designed to spark open, community-wide conversations about how we can best champion the success of every Oklahoma student.
OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS
- 1,750 public schools received overall report card grades, up from 1,724 last year.
- A small number of schools (15) did not receive an overall grade due to having insufficient data to calculate the required metrics. These included schools with insufficient student enrollment.
- Compared to 2025, 24 fewer schools received a “D” and ten fewer schools received an “F.” Sixty-four percent of schools in the state earned A’s, B’s and C’s. As the A-F letter grades are defined in state law, this means that 64% of schools are making adequate or better progress.
- The four-year graduation rate dropped from 82.2% for the class of 2024 to 77.6% for the class of 2025. This was largely a result of a federal requirement to exclude Core Curriculum graduates from the graduation rate. The effective graduation rate, including all students earning a diploma in the state, is displayed in the Contextual “Graduation and Beyond” section of the Report Card.
- Eleven high schools improved their four-year graduation rate by more than ten percentage points in SY2025. These included:
- Daniel Webster High School
- Wyandotte High School
- Milburn High School
- Davis High School
- Arkoma High School
- Allen High School
- Calera High School
- Medford High School
- Hobart High School
- Cleveland High School
- McLain High School for Science and Tech
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Preparing for the Future (Postsecondary Opportunity), Grade: B
- Oklahoma’s high schools continue to excel at preparing students for life after graduation. This year, 58% of 11th and 12th graders took advantage of early college and career experiences—including AP courses, CareerTech programs, internships, and concurrent enrollment. This 4.4 percentage point increase over last year shows that our schools are successfully expanding pathways to help students explore and jumpstart their future careers.
- Supporting English Learners (ELPA Progress), Grade: B
- Oklahoma schools are making above-average progress in helping English learners master the language. This year, 34% of English learners are on-track to meet their language acquisition goals. Overall, the percentage of students making progress toward full language proficiency increased by 0.33 percentage points, maintaining a steady multi-year upward trend in classroom support.
- Year-Over-Year Learning (Academic Growth), Grade: C
- Oklahoma students are continuing to make steady, adequate year-over-year progress. This indicator measures how much students' reading and math skills improved compared to their own performance the previous year. Students earned 56% of the possible points for yearly progress. While this represents a minor dip of 0.46 percentage points from last year, it reflects consistent learning gains in classrooms across the state.
- Subject-Matter Mastery (Academic Achievement), Grade: D
- While students are showing steady growth, overall subject matter proficiency rates remained stable but flat compared to last year. On state assessments, 26% of students tested proficient or better in English language arts, 25% in math, and 30% in science. Comparing these results against a rigorous long-term state goal of 50% proficiency, the state earned a "D" for overall achievement, highlighting the ongoing need for targeted classroom resources supporting literacy and numeracy. We expect to see measurable results in future years emerging from recent investments in assessments to identify at-risk students early, literacy coaches, tutoring programs, and other resources coordinated by a multi-tiered system of support to improve student performance.
- Being in School Every Day (Chronic Absenteeism), Grade: D
- Regular school attendance is a critical foundation for student success, and this is an area where our schools need community and family support. This year, 84.1% of students maintained good attendance, falling just short of the state’s 85% benchmark required for satisfactory progress. With good attendance increasing by 3.2 percentage points compared to last year, OSDE encourages families to continue to partner with their schools to ensure students are in the classroom taking advantage of every opportunity to learn every day.
- Four-Year Graduation Rate, Grade: D
- The state's four-year graduation rate is reported at 77.6% for the class of 2025, down from 82.2% for the class of 2024. A significant portion of this decrease is due to a federal reporting requirement that alters how the rate is calculated, rather than a drop in students completing high school. We are now required to exclude Core Curriculum graduates from this specific federal calculation. Our state score fell short of our target to graduate 90% of students as college-and-career ready. The graduation rate of all students, regardless of their diploma type, is shown in the Graduation and Beyond section of the report card.
POLICY UPDATE: CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM
Under Oklahoma state law (SB 711 (2024)), Chronic Absenteeism is scheduled to be reduced from a ten-point indicator to a bonus point category rewarding schools showing improvement in their Chronic absence rate. However, because the state school report cards must comply with current federal guidelines, this indicator had to be included for the 2025–2026 school year while the state awaits final federal approval. The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) expects the U.S. Department of Education to officially approve Oklahoma's plan in the coming weeks. Once approved, Chronic Absenteeism will be dropped as a required school grade indicator starting next school year (2026–2027).
These same indicators are reported by district and school on Oklaschools.com.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) has released the 2026 Public School Report Cards on Oklaschools.com. This annual update gives families, educators, and communities a compilation of measures exploring how well local schools are supporting student achievement in key performance areas.
While a single letter grade cannot capture everything that makes a school unique, these report cards provide a helpful snapshot of where our schools are thriving and where they need extra support. By highlighting both areas of success and areas for improvement, this tool is designed to spark open, community-wide conversations about how we can best champion the success of every Oklahoma student.
OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS
- 1,750 public schools received overall report card grades, up from 1,724 last year.
- A small number of schools (15) did not receive an overall grade due to having insufficient data to calculate the required metrics. These included schools with insufficient student enrollment.
- Compared to 2025, 24 fewer schools received a “D” and ten fewer schools received an “F.” Sixty-four percent of schools in the state earned A’s, B’s and C’s. As the A-F letter grades are defined in state law, this means that 64% of schools are making adequate or better progress.
- The four-year graduation rate dropped from 82.2% for the class of 2024 to 77.6% for the class of 2025. This was largely a result of a federal requirement to exclude Core Curriculum graduates from the graduation rate. The effective graduation rate, including all students earning a diploma in the state, is displayed in the Contextual “Graduation and Beyond” section of the Report Card.
- Eleven high schools improved their four-year graduation rate by more than ten percentage points in SY2025. These included:
- Daniel Webster High School
- Wyandotte High School
- Milburn High School
- Davis High School
- Arkoma High School
- Allen High School
- Calera High School
- Medford High School
- Hobart High School
- Cleveland High School
- McLain High School for Science and Tech
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Preparing for the Future (Postsecondary Opportunity), Grade: B
- Oklahoma’s high schools continue to excel at preparing students for life after graduation. This year, 58% of 11th and 12th graders took advantage of early college and career experiences—including AP courses, CareerTech programs, internships, and concurrent enrollment. This 4.4 percentage point increase over last year shows that our schools are successfully expanding pathways to help students explore and jumpstart their future careers.
- Supporting English Learners (ELPA Progress), Grade: B
- Oklahoma schools are making above-average progress in helping English learners master the language. This year, 34% of English learners are on-track to meet their language acquisition goals. Overall, the percentage of students making progress toward full language proficiency increased by 0.33 percentage points, maintaining a steady multi-year upward trend in classroom support.
- Year-Over-Year Learning (Academic Growth), Grade: C
- Oklahoma students are continuing to make steady, adequate year-over-year progress. This indicator measures how much students' reading and math skills improved compared to their own performance the previous year. Students earned 56% of the possible points for yearly progress. While this represents a minor dip of 0.46 percentage points from last year, it reflects consistent learning gains in classrooms across the state.
- Subject-Matter Mastery (Academic Achievement), Grade: D
- While students are showing steady growth, overall subject matter proficiency rates remained stable but flat compared to last year. On state assessments, 26% of students tested proficient or better in English language arts, 25% in math, and 30% in science. Comparing these results against a rigorous long-term state goal of 50% proficiency, the state earned a "D" for overall achievement, highlighting the ongoing need for targeted classroom resources supporting literacy and numeracy. We expect to see measurable results in future years emerging from recent investments in assessments to identify at-risk students early, literacy coaches, tutoring programs, and other resources coordinated by a multi-tiered system of support to improve student performance.
- Being in School Every Day (Chronic Absenteeism), Grade: D
- Regular school attendance is a critical foundation for student success, and this is an area where our schools need community and family support. This year, 84.1% of students maintained good attendance, falling just short of the state’s 85% benchmark required for satisfactory progress. With good attendance increasing by 3.2 percentage points compared to last year, OSDE encourages families to continue to partner with their schools to ensure students are in the classroom taking advantage of every opportunity to learn every day.
- Four-Year Graduation Rate, Grade: D
- The state's four-year graduation rate is reported at 77.6% for the class of 2025, down from 82.2% for the class of 2024. A significant portion of this decrease is due to a federal reporting requirement that alters how the rate is calculated, rather than a drop in students completing high school. We are now required to exclude Core Curriculum graduates from this specific federal calculation. Our state score fell short of our target to graduate 90% of students as college-and-career ready. The graduation rate of all students, regardless of their diploma type, is shown in the Graduation and Beyond section of the report card.
POLICY UPDATE: CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM
Under Oklahoma state law (SB 711 (2024)), Chronic Absenteeism is scheduled to be reduced from a ten-point indicator to a bonus point category rewarding schools showing improvement in their Chronic absence rate. However, because the state school report cards must comply with current federal guidelines, this indicator had to be included for the 2025–2026 school year while the state awaits final federal approval. The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) expects the U.S. Department of Education to officially approve Oklahoma's plan in the coming weeks. Once approved, Chronic Absenteeism will be dropped as a required school grade indicator starting next school year (2026–2027).
These same indicators are reported by district and school on Oklaschools.com.
