Some public schools have elite prep school funding, not results
Oklahoma’s per-pupil funding for public schools typically ranks low in 50-state comparisons. But significant local property tax bases have allowed several dozen Oklahoma districts to achieve dramatically higher per-pupil funding levels.
In a significant share of those districts, per-pupil funding exceeds not only the average in Oklahoma, but also most states, and some districts have per-pupil funding that exceeds the cost of tuition at even the most expensive private school in Oklahoma.