Friend
A public school district in Chickasha, Oklahoma, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 219
- Students enrolled
- 13.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 34.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,722
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 219 in 2024–25
- Ranks 14,592nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 409th of 542 in Oklahoma. Larger than 18% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,722 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 7% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Friend spent $10,722 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,126 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $10,722 | $2.3 million | 216 |
| FY2022 | $10,353 | $2.2 million | 215 |
| FY2021 | $8,743 | $2.1 million | 245 |
| FY2020 | $7,824 | $2.0 million | 256 |
| FY2019 | $7,877 | $2.1 million | 261 |
| FY2018 | $6,393 | $1.7 million | 270 |
| FY2017 | $6,509 | $1.8 million | 269 |
| FY2016 | $7,448 | $1.9 million | 259 |
| FY2015 | $7,044 | $1.9 million | 273 |
| FY2014 | $7,884 | $1.8 million | 224 |
| FY2013 | $6,541 | $1.6 million | 242 |
| FY2012 | $7,699 | $1.5 million | 193 |
| FY2011 | $7,957 | $1.5 million | 186 |
| FY2010 | $7,584 | $1.5 million | 197 |
| FY2009 | $6,947 | $1.4 million | 208 |
| FY2008 | $6,971 | $1.4 million | 205 |
| FY2007 | $6,541 | $1.4 million | 218 |
| FY2006 | $7,029 | $1.4 million | 205 |
| FY2005 | $6,126 | $1.3 million | 206 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $432.0 thousand | 17.5% |
| State | $639.0 thousand | 26.0% |
| Local | $1.4 million | 56.5% |
| Total | $2.5 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Friend Public School | 219 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- FRIEND
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 4012210
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Oklahoma — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Oklahoma — A to Z, each with its page.
- Oklahoma on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved