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What's Right With Ponca City - School System

 

EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Total Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
  Teachers on Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
  Teachers with Advanced Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31%
  National Board Certified Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
  Teacher to Student Ratio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/1
  Average Years Experience in Teaching  . . . . . . . . . . 13
  Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
  Support Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
2008 per Pupil Expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,873
Total Payroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,602,000
 
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
2 Great Expectations Model Schools
National Award-Winning Extra Curricular Programs
AAA Award for Perfect API Score
District Attendance Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6%
High School Graduate GPA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.2
Average Act Score (above state & national)  . . . . . . . . .23.1
  Centennial Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21.8
National Merit Scholars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .3
Academic All State  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Scholarship Award Amount (approx.)  . . . . . . . . .$2,997,628
College Completion Rate (above state) . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7%
  Centennial Conference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.32%
College Freshmen with GPA 2.0 or Above . . . . . . . . . . .78%
 
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Boy’s Basketball Academic State Champions.
Girl’s Basketball State Qualifier for first time since 1993.
Wrestling Dual State Champion, State Runner-up in Team Championship.
Po-Hi student the First Place winner in the Oklahoma Business Professionals of America Microsoft Network Administration, computer security and Information technology Concepts competition.
Two Po Hi students selected to the Oklahoma All State Band.
Three students selected to the All State Orchestra.
One student selected to play with the 2009 Honor Orchestra of America.
Po-Hi varsity and freshmen cheerleaders placed third at the ACA National Championship Cheer Competition in Ft. Worth.
Po-Hi Steppers were recognized as the Academic National Champion and placed second in the overall competition in Denton, Texas.
Po-Hi Chorale won Sweepstakes and qualified for state in Solos and Ensembles.
 
FACILITIES
Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 buildings
Square footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035,453
Eleven schools in the district, all of which are fully accredited.
 
BRIGHTER TOMORROW
We believe in the future of this community. We have a $16,725,000 bond election May 12, 2009 to renovate existing school facilities, to improve energy efficiency and campus security, continue our 21st Century Technology Program, purchase textbooks, and maintain excellence in our extracurricular programs.