Tulsa Public Schools
Encyclopedia
Tulsa Public Schools is an independent school district
serving the Tulsa, Oklahoma
area in Northeastern Oklahoma. It is the 2nd largest school district in Oklahoma. As of 2010 the district serves approximately 41,224 students, up slightly from 41,200 students from Kindergarten through Twelfth grade in 2006.. It is governed by an elected school board.
In 2009, the Tulsa Public School district was put on accreditation probation due a continuing problem of underperforming schools. If the district fails to improve, it will lose accreditation.
The school board establishes policies, manages the budget, hires the superintendent, and is the final appeals board for the district. The school board's authority is limited to official meetings.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
serving the Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
area in Northeastern Oklahoma. It is the 2nd largest school district in Oklahoma. As of 2010 the district serves approximately 41,224 students, up slightly from 41,200 students from Kindergarten through Twelfth grade in 2006.. It is governed by an elected school board.
In 2009, the Tulsa Public School district was put on accreditation probation due a continuing problem of underperforming schools. If the district fails to improve, it will lose accreditation.
Elementary
- Academy Central
- Addams
- Alcott
- Anderson
- Barnard
- Bell
- Bryant
- Burroughs
- Carnegie
- Celia Clinton
- Cherokee
- Chouteau
- Columbus
- Cooper
- DisneyWalt Disney Elementary School (Oklahoma)Walt Disney Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma . Walt Disney Elementary School enrolls students in grades K-5 and is a part of the Tulsa Public Schools.-Statistics:...
- ECDC
- Eisenhower
- Eliot
- Emerson
- Eugene Field
- Greeley
- Grimes
- Grissom
- Hawthorne
- Hoover
- Houston
- Jackson
- Kendall Whittier
- Kerr
- Key
- Lanier
- Lee
- Lindbergh
- MacArthur
- Mark Twain
- Marshall
- Mayo
- McClure
- McKinley
- Mitchell
- Newcomer
- Owen
- Park
- Patrick Henry
- Peary
- Penn
- Phillips
- Remington
- Robertson
- Roosevelt
- Salk
- Sandburg
- Sequoyah
- Skelly
- Springdale
- Whitman
- Wright
- Zarrow
Middle Schools
- Byrd
- Carver
- Cleveland
- Clinton
- Edison MS
- Foster
- Gilcrease
- Hamilton
- Lewis and Clark
- Madison
- Monroe
- Nimitz
- Thoreau
- Whitney
- Wilson
High Schools
- Booker T. Washington High SchoolBooker T. Washington High School (Tulsa)Booker T. Washington High School is a high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was named after the African-American education pioneer Booker T. Washington. Booker T. Washington High School is one of nine high schools in Tulsa Public Schools.-Overview:...
- Central High SchoolCentral High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)Central High School is the oldest high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1906 as Tulsa High School, and located in downtown Tulsa until 1976. The school now has a campus in northwest Tulsa. Tulsa Central is part of the Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma's largest school district, and is a...
- East Central High SchoolEast Central High School (Oklahoma)East Central High School is one of nine high schools in Tulsa Public Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school is home to 1,177 students from East Tulsa. The majority of students transition into East Central from: Stephen Foster Middle School and Lewis & Clark Middle School.- History :East Central...
- Edison Preparatory SchoolEdison Preparatory SchoolThomas Edison Preparatory School is a public school located in midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma serving students from the sixth grade to the twelfth grade.-Overview:...
- McLain High School
- Memorial High SchoolMemorial High School (Tulsa)Memorial High School is one of nine high schools in Tulsa Public Schools. The school also encompasses an engineering academy. Memorial includes fine arts offerings and offers several Advanced Placement Program courses. The school offers several foreign language classes .-External links:*...
- Nathan Hale High SchoolNathan Hale High School (Oklahoma)Nathan Hale High School is a high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Opened in 1959, it is part of the Tulsa Public Schools, and is a public school for students from grades 9 through 12...
- Will Rogers High SchoolWill Rogers High SchoolWill Rogers High School, located on 3909 E. 5th Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was built by Tulsa Public Schools in 1939 using WPA workers and designed by Joseph R. Koberling, Jr. and Leon B. Senter. It was named for the humorist Will Rogers, who died in 1935 along with Wiley Post in a plane crash...
- Webster High SchoolWebster High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)Daniel Webster High School is a high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is part of the Tulsa Public Schools, and is a public school for students from grades 9 through 12. The school opened in 1938 in the West Tulsa section of the city, and is housed in a PWA-style Art Deco building designed by...
School Board
The Tulsa School Board has seven members, each representing a different geographic area of the district. Each board member is elected to a four year term, and the terms of each member are staggered so every year at least one member is up for election.The school board establishes policies, manages the budget, hires the superintendent, and is the final appeals board for the district. The school board's authority is limited to official meetings.
School Board Members
- District 1 Gary Percefull
- District 2 Oma Jean Copeland
- District 3 Lana Turner Addison (President)
- District 4 Anna America
- District 5 Brian Hunt
- District 6 Ruth Ann Fate
- District 7 Lois Jacobs