Merritt
A public school district in Elk City, Oklahoma, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 786
- Students enrolled
- 48.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 84.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,432
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 786 in 2024–25
- Ranks 8,648th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 168th of 542 in Oklahoma. Larger than 51% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,432 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 6% 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
Merritt spent $10,345 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,507 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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $10,345 | $8.5 million | 820 |
| FY2023 | $10,432 | $8.6 million | 821 |
| FY2022 | $8,622 | $7.3 million | 851 |
| FY2021 | $8,421 | $7.0 million | 836 |
| FY2020 | $8,152 | $6.6 million | 814 |
| FY2019 | $8,552 | $7.0 million | 815 |
| FY2018 | $8,032 | $6.5 million | 807 |
| FY2017 | $7,935 | $6.3 million | 797 |
| FY2016 | $7,529 | $5.9 million | 789 |
| FY2015 | $7,146 | $5.7 million | 793 |
| FY2014 | $6,930 | $5.1 million | 740 |
| FY2013 | $6,798 | $4.6 million | 674 |
| FY2012 | $6,692 | $4.1 million | 617 |
| FY2011 | $7,685 | $4.3 million | 553 |
| FY2010 | $8,034 | $4.5 million | 563 |
| FY2009 | $7,778 | $4.2 million | 545 |
| FY2008 | $7,921 | $4.1 million | 522 |
| FY2007 | $7,534 | $3.9 million | 515 |
| FY2006 | $6,929 | $3.5 million | 510 |
| FY2005 | $6,507 | $3.4 million | 519 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.4 million | 13.7% |
| State | $4.6 million | 45.0% |
| Local | $4.2 million | 41.3% |
| Total | $10.2 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Merritt Es | 621 |
| Merritt High School | 165 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- MERRITT
- 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 12
- NCES district ID
- 4019800
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 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
Data retrieved