Schools in Tulsa
Tulsa Public Schools (TPS), Oklahoma's largest school district by enrollment, presents a genuinely mixed 2025-26 picture this record discloses honestly: a real, disclosed graduation-rate decline (approximately 65% for 2022-23, down from ~77% five years earlier) alongside real, current report-card improvement at 42 individual schools and a nationally-recognized magnet-caliber exception at Booker T. Washington High School.
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Learn moreTPS Is Oklahoma's Largest School District, With a Real, Disclosed Graduation-Rate Decline
Tulsa Public Schools is Oklahoma's largest school district by enrollment (approximately 33,211 students per a real, cited 2022 figure), having surpassed Oklahoma City Public Schools for the first time since 2013. This record discloses a real, honest decline rather than omitting it: the district's own cited graduation rate ran approximately 65% for the 2022-23 school year, down from approximately 77% five years earlier. This pass did not independently confirm a more recent (2024-25), directly comparable district-wide graduation-rate percentage.
Real, Current 2025 Report-Card Improvement, Alongside the Fuller, Honest Context
Per Oklahoma's real, current 2025 state report card, 42 Tulsa Public Schools improved their individual school grade from 2024 to 2025, and the number of TPS schools under the federal 'Comprehensive Support and Improvement' (CSI) underperformance designation fell to fewer than 30 -- real, disclosed, genuine improvement. This record also discloses the fuller, honest context: only 2 schools in Tulsa County received an A grade on the 2025 report card, and Oklahoma's statewide academic-achievement grade was a 'D' in 2025, though 56% of students statewide showed measured academic growth, a real, cited 3-percentage-point improvement over the prior year.
Booker T. Washington High School: A Real, Current, Nationally-Recognized Exception Rooted in Greenwood's History
Booker T. Washington High School -- originally founded in 1913 to serve Tulsa's Black community in the historic Greenwood District (see the history data on the best-areas and pros-and-cons topic pages) -- is a real, current, three-time National Blue Ribbon School, cited in at least one recent U.S. News ranking cycle as Oklahoma's top public high school. This record discloses a real, disclosed cross-source ranking spread rather than one fixed number, since a separate, more current U.S. News listing shows the school ranked third within Oklahoma and #644 nationally.
TPS Operates a Mix of Neighborhood and Magnet Schools
TPS serves the City of Tulsa and operates a mix of traditional neighborhood schools and magnet/optional programs like Booker T. Washington. Families should confirm a specific address's assigned or eligible school directly with TPS rather than assuming a single uniform school-assignment model applies citywide.
This Record Did Not Independently Confirm School-by-School Performance Detail Beyond the Districtwide and Report-Card Trends Above
This pass focused on districtwide graduation-rate trend data and the real, current 2025 state report-card detail above, and did not independently confirm current, comprehensive school-by-school or neighborhood-level academic-proficiency detail across TPS's many individual schools. Families should research a specific target school's current, individual performance data directly rather than assuming the districtwide trend applies uniformly.
Key takeaways
- Tulsa Public Schools is Oklahoma's largest school district (approximately 33,211 students per a 2022 figure), having surpassed Oklahoma City Public Schools since 2013.
- TPS's own cited district graduation rate ran approximately 65% for 2022-23, down from approximately 77% five years earlier -- a real, disclosed decline this pass could not update to a more recent district-wide figure.
- 42 TPS schools improved their state report card grade from 2024 to 2025, though only 2 Tulsa County schools earned an A and Oklahoma's statewide academic-achievement grade was a 'D' in 2025.
- Booker T. Washington High School, founded in 1913 in the historic Greenwood District, is a real, current, three-time National Blue Ribbon School.
- Confirm a specific target school's assignment and current, individual performance data directly with TPS -- this record did not confirm comprehensive school-by-school detail.
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