About Merritt School District
Merritt School District is a public school system serving Beckham County, Oklahoma, based in Elk City. It serves 786 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #168 largest of Oklahoma’s 542 school systems.
Size and structure
Merritt School District enrolls 786 students in 2 schools — an average of about 393 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #168 of 542 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Merritt School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (786 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Merritt School District employs about 49 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.1:1 — below the Oklahoma average of about 16.2:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 84.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Oklahoma funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Merritt School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Oklahoma assigns A–F report-card grades on each indicator and overall, published on the Oklahoma School Report Cards, covering achievement, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism. Look up Merritt School District on oklaschools.com.
Accreditation status
Oklahoma accredits public districts itself through the State Board of Education under the Standards for Accreditation of Oklahoma Schools (OAC 210:35); any Cognia accreditation a district also holds is voluntary and separate. See the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
Merritt School District vs. Oklahoma
See every Oklahoma district side by side in the Oklahoma directory.
Look up Merritt School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):