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'{{Short description|Largest School District in Oklahoma City}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox school district |name = Oklahoma City Public Schools |logo = |motto = Preparing students for success in school, work, and life |type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]], [[Primary school|Primary]], [[Secondary school|Secondary]], [[Coeducation|Co-Educational]], Independent |budget = $400 million<ref name="usaokc">"Oklahoma City Public Schools" https://www.usa.com/school-district-4022770.htm, USA.com (accessed April 19, 2013)</ref> |established = {{start date and age|1889}} |region = |grades = [[pre-kindergarten|PK]]–[[twelfth grade|12]] |superintendent = Dr. Sean McDaniel |teachers = |students = 32,086 (2021-2022) |staff = 4,600 |schools = 66 |conference = |location = 3101 Lyon Blvd, [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]] 73112 |country = USA |website = {{URL|https://www.okcps.org/}} }} The '''Oklahoma City Public Schools''', abbreviated '''OKCPS''', is a [[multicultural]] [[Public school (government funded)|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&ndash;2022 school year.<ref name="2ndLargestDistrict2022">{{cite news |title=School enrollment on rise again after pandemic plunge |url=https://journalrecord.com/2022/01/12/school-enrollment-on-rise-again-after-pandemic-plunge/ |access-date=13 January 2022 |publisher=The Journal Record |date=12 January 2022}}</ref> ==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.<ref name="wilson">Wilson, Linda D. "Oklahoma City" {{cite web |url=https://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/o/ok025.html |title=Oklahoma City |access-date=2014-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525163038/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/O/OK025.html |archive-date=2011-05-25 }}, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed April 19, 2013)</ref> By 1930 the city had three high schools, six junior high schools, and 51 elementary schools with an enrollment of 38,593.<ref name="wilson"/> ==Boundary== The district boundary, all in [[Oklahoma County, Oklahoma|Oklahoma County]], includes the majority of Oklahoma City, as well as: [[Nichols Hills, Oklahoma|Nichols Hills]], [[Spencer, Oklahoma|Spencer]], [[The Village, Oklahoma|The Village]], and [[Valley Brook, Oklahoma|Valley Brook]]; and portions of: [[Choctaw, Oklahoma|Choctaw]], [[Del City, Oklahoma|Del City]], [[Midwest City, Oklahoma|Midwest City]], and [[Nicoma Park, Oklahoma|Nicoma Park]].<ref name=CensusSDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40109_oklahoma/DC20SD_C40109.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oklahoma County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-01-28}}</ref> ==Schools== ===High schools=== *[[Capitol Hill High School]] *[[Classen School of Advanced Studies]] *[[Dove Science Academy]] *[[Frederick A. Douglass High School]] *[https://www.okcps.org/Emerson Emerson North Alternative High School] *[https://www.okcps.org/EmersonSouth Emerson South Middle-High School] *[[U. S. Grant High School (Oklahoma)|U. S. Grant High School]] *[[Harding Charter Preparatory High School]] *[[Harding Fine Arts Academy]] *[[John Marshall High School (Oklahoma)|John Marshall High School]] *[[Northwest Classen High School]] *[[Oklahoma Centennial High School]] *[http://santafesouth.org/ Santa Fe South Charter High School] *[http://santafesouth.org/ Santa Fe South Pathways Middle College] *[[Southeast High School (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)|Southeast High School]] *[[Star Spencer High School]] ===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 *Douglass Mid-High School *Capitol Hill Middle School *Classen School of Advanced Studies *Webster Middle School *Southeast Middle School *Mary Golda Ross Middle School ===Elementary schools=== {{expand section|date=January 2024}} *Adams Elementary School *Adelaide Lee Elementary School - The district plans to open a replacement facility in 2026, which would cost $29,330,000.<ref name=VotescloseShidlerESOklahoman>{{cite web|last=Martinez-Keel|first=Nuria|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2023/06/06/okcps-votes-shut-down-shidler-elementary-school-structural-issues/70291482007/|title=South-side elementary school to be shut down three years early over structural issues|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|place=[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]|date=2023-06-06|access-date=2024-01-26}}</ref> *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 *Nicole Hills Elementary School *Prairie Queen Elementary School * * * * * * * * * ==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.<ref name=VotescloseShidlerESOklahoman/> == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.okcps.org/ Oklahoma City Public Schools] {{Oklahoma City PS}} {{Oklahoma City}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Education in Oklahoma City]] [[Category:School districts in Oklahoma]] [[Category:School districts established in 1889]] {{OklahomaCity-stub}} {{Oklahoma-school-stub}}'