OKLAHOMA

The Oklahoma report card includes the ability to view all the schools in the state that spend within specific spending bands. To see how spending is arrayed within your district, click on each spending band and find the schools within your district in each band. Once compiled, you can create your own comparison.

The Oklahoma report card does not include a feature to compare spending on services with other schools in the district or the state. However, by clicking on the school name you can see how much that school spent per pupil on instruction, salaries, benefits and services. To determine how much your school spends compared to the state and district average, you must gather the information for each school in the district or the state and conduct your own calculation.

The Oklahoma Data Matrix provides the ability to directly compare spending with demographics for all schools in the state or by district.

I know which school(s) I want to compare.

Visit the Data Matrix. Select “Per-Pupil Expenditure” and the demographics you wish to compare. Use the filters to narrow your search to your comparison schools. Click on each bubble to view the spending and demographics for each school.

I do not know which schools I want to compare.

Visit the Data Matrix. Select “Per-Pupil Expenditure” and the demographics information you wish to compare. Use the filters to narrow your search by type of school, such as elementary or high school, enrollment, Title I status and district. Identify schools with similar demographics or patterns and click on each bubble to view the spending and demographics for each school.

You can also download the enrollment, gender and ethnicity data for each school in the state through the student count tab of the public records page on the Oklahoma Department of Education website. Use this  to determine demographically similar schools and gather school-by-school spending data from the report card to compare spending with outcomes and demographics.

The Oklahoma report card and the Oklahoma Data Matrix do not include a feature to compare spending on services.

I know which school(s) I want to compare.

Click on the school name in the report card to see how much that school spent per pupil on instruction, salaries, benefits and services. Demographic data, including gender, enrollment and ethnicity, can be accessed through the student count feature on the Oklahoma Department of Education website.

I do not know which schools I want to compare.

Demographic data, including gender, enrollment and ethnicity, can be accessed through the student count feature on the Oklahoma Department of Education website.  Use this tool to find demographically similar schools and then look up each schools spending data on the report card to conduct your own comparison. Click on the school name to view how much that school spent per pupil on instruction, salaries, benefits and services.

The Oklahoma Data Matrix provides the ability to compare spending with outcomes and demographics.

I know which school(s) I want to compare.

Visit the Data Matrix. Select “Per-Pupil Expenditure” and the Outcomes information you wish to compare. Use the filters to narrow your search to your comparison schools. Click on each bubble to view the spending, outcomes, and demographics for each school.

I do not know which schools I want to compare.

Visit the Data Matrix. Select “Per-Pupil Expenditure” and the Outcomes information you wish to compare. Use the filters to narrow your search by type of school, such as elementary or high school, enrollment, Title I status and district. Identify schools with similar outcomes and click on each bubble to view the spending, outcomes, and demographics for each school.

You can also access outcomes and demographic data through the performance tab and student count tab of the public records page on the Oklahoma Department of Education website. Use these tools to determine demographically similar schools, or schools with similar outcomes, and gather school-by-school spending data from the report card to compare spending with outcomes and demographics.