Our Students

Total enrollment: 33,873 students

80% economically disadvantaged

Student demographics

36% Multilingual learners*
13% students with disabilities
11% gifted and talented

Student Race/ethnicity

37% Hispanic/Latinx
23% Black
22% white
11% multiracial
5% American Indian or Alaska Native
2% Asian/Pacific islander

As of Oct. 2022

*Represents both current and former multilingual learners

78

45

schools offering free full-day pre-kindergarten programs

7

5

criteria-based magnet programs

11

4

high schools with embedded Tulsa Tech career-ready programs

2

3

Our 5,520 Team Members*

Racial/Ethnic
Distribution of Our Team*

26% Black
5% American Indian or Alaska Native
2% Asian/Pacific Islander
11% Hispanic/Latinx
56% White

*As of October 18, 2021

3rd Largest Employer
in the Tulsa Area**

**According to the most recent (2020) Comprehensive Annual Financial Report from Tulsa County

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Mission and Vision

Our Core Values

Equity

We know that our diversity is a community treasure, and we are committed to dismantling practices and systems that perpetuate inequities, being actively anti-bias, anti-racist, and working toward justice and opportunity for all.

Character

We are honest, trustworthy, and have high standards of behavior. We make decisions based on what our students and community need, and we do the right thing even when it is hard.

Excellence

We work together to give Tulsa the world-class schools it needs and deserves. We expect a lot of one another, and we support one another in achieving our shared, high expectations.

Team

We care for one another and work together to celebrate success, learn from struggles, and work to help every team member be their best selves.

Joy

Joy at school and at work makes us more productive, because when we create, innovate, and imagine, our motivation grows. Also, we love to have fun!

Our Beliefs

Our Students Can

Every child can learn. Every child has talent. Every child has value. To succeed in a competitive world and to serve as the next generation of leaders, students must engage in their education, own their learning, and feel accepted and supported in our schools.

Our Teachers Make it Happen

Extraordinary teachers are the heart of successful schools, and they deserve working conditions and environments that promote educator professional growth and fulfillment. We must foster learning communities where teachers can continually hone their craft and content knowledge to design engaging learning experiences that meet the needs of every child.

Our Principals are Key

Principals’ responsibilities are strategic, vast, and intense. As leaders, they must be visible, hire the right staff, cultivate talent, build relationships with families and communities, foster positive and safe school cultures, and ensure results. We must support principals’ growth as instructional leaders who strengthen the quality of teaching and learning in all classrooms.

Our District is "All In"

Effective teams collaborate and continually assess and improve their service to schools. This means our employees and board must work together, reflect, adjust, think ahead, and innovate in service of powerful teaching and learning.

Our Community is Essential

High quality schools are vital to the health of our community. Our children and schools need all of us—educators, families, and community partners. We must engage our families and all of Tulsa by embracing transparency, holding ourselves accountable to high standards, proactively communicating, and working as a team toward the success of every student.

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