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Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) allocation and expenditures by district in Oklahoma

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Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding was a series of grants totaling roughly $190 billion that Congress sent to K-12 public schools during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Congress included the funding in three separate spending packages between 2020 and 2021. The first of these occurred in March 27, 2020, when President Donald Trump (R) signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, releasing $13.2 billion to schools. In an April 23, 2020, letter sent to state education commissioners, then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wrote: "The ESSER Fund provides you, and your local educational agencies, with emergency relief funds to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools."[1]

In response to the pandemic, all 50 states closed schools to in-person instruction between February and April 2020.

At the time, the $190 billion was the largest injection of federal funding into the education system in a one-year period.[2] Trump signed the second ESSER package, providing roughly $54 billion through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, into law on December 27, 2020. President Joe Biden (D) signed the final ESSER package on March 11, 2021, apportioning $122 billion to schools through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. Each of the three ESSER packages came with their own spending deadlines. Districts had until January 2025 to spend the last round of the funding, known as ESSER III.[3]

Congress placed few strings on the grants, largely relying on districts to make their own spending decisions.[4] The expiration of the ESSER funding posed a challenge to districts that allocated a relatively greater portion to recurring expenses, such as teacher salaries or new staff.[5] An August 2023 School Superintendents Association (AASA) survey found that 53% of respondents said they would need to cut support staff in response to the expiration of ESSER funding.[6] A 2024 survey of district leaders by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company found that 53% of district leaders "expect a fiscal cliff in their district’s spending when ESSER concludes."[7]

On this page, you will find data on the funding Congress allocated to Oklahoma's school districts through the three ESSER grants (I, II, and III). Data is made available by Georgetown University's Edunomics Lab.[8] Navigate the page using the following links:

ESSER I

The table below shows the total amount of ESSER I funding allocated to each district in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma ESSER I allocation by district
District name Total ESSER I allocation
Academy Of Seminole Charter School $40,589
Achille $63,615
Ada $489,511
Adair $143,374
Afton $173,876
Agra $104,277
Albion $20,753
Alex $89,099
Aline-Cleo $19,088
Allen $150,984
Allen-Bowden $98,063
Altus $920,846
Alva $123,859
Amber-Pocasset $68,728
Anadarko $514,925
Anderson $45,906
Antlers $282,250
Arapaho-Butler $44,921
Ardmore $991,472
Arkoma $124,382
Arnett $19,111
Asher $64,253
Astec Charter Schools $326,600
Atoka $241,271
Avant $28,862
Balko $9,933
Banner $28,679
Barnsdall $75,338
Bartlesville $1,045,225
Battiest $65,973
Bearden $30,396
Beaver $56,774
Beggs $206,619
Belfonte $68,501
Bennington $115,281
Berryhill $95,248
Bethany $199,583
Bethel $152,228
Big Pasture $27,122
Billings $22,723
Binger-Oney $78,627
Bishop $104,470
Bixby $295,178
Blackwell $271,704
Blair $50,703
Blanchard $201,495
Bluejacket $41,205
Boise City $51,006
Bokoshe $67,404
Boone-Apache $142,807
Boswell $95,180
Bowlegs $91,258
Bowring $15,823
Braggs $38,546
Bray-Doyle $43,958
Bridge Creek $170,513
Briggs $146,605
Bristow $327,629
Broken Arrow $1,638,749
Broken Bow $460,027
Brushy $99,524
Buffalo $47,668
Buffalo Valley $33,704
Burlington $16,021
Burns Flat-Dill City $163,132
Butner $72,099
Byng $248,866
Cache $237,340
Caddo $104,650
Calera $132,993
Calumet $54,706
Calvin $60,839
Cameron $87,585
Canadian $119,176
Caney $71,915
Caney Valley $137,129
Canton $69,027
Canute $70,070
Carlton Landing Academy $12,711
Carnegie $151,433
Carney $57,792
Cashion $35,034
Catoosa $454,126
Cave Springs $76,074
Cement $67,314
Central $92,401
Central High $42,153
Chandler $160,058
Chattanooga $28,621
Checotah $341,415
Chelsea $250,841
Cherokee $42,103
Cherokee Immersion Charter School $12,850
Cheyenne $43,086
Chickasha $724,577
Chisholm $81,552
Choctaw-Nicoma Park $393,116
Chouteau-Mazie $251,692
Cimarron $44,908
Claremore $464,025
Clayton $93,192
Cleora $14,186
Cleveland $397,004
Clinton $561,761
Coalgate $139,419
Colbert $190,241
Colcord $203,899
Coleman $38,966
College Bound Academy $117,203
Collegiate Hall $75,610
Collinsville $269,238
Comanche $164,282
Commerce $228,505
Copan $48,109
Cordell $119,396
Cottonwood $33,479
Covington-Douglas $66,127
Coweta $315,777
Coyle $79,039
Crescent $94,456
Crooked Oak $416,200
Crowder $102,741
Crutcho $120,523
Cushing $300,170
Cyril $64,631
Dahlonegah $81,522
Dale $60,839
Darlington $84,294
Davenport $60,998
Davidson $21,818
Davis $131,002
Deborah Brown Community School $80,407
Deer Creek $205,396
Deer Creek-Lamont $24,224
Denison $49,865
Depew $65,504
Dewar $76,844
Dewey $193,475
Dibble $110,159
Dickson $213,727
Dove School Of Okc $375,869
Dove Schools Of Tulsa $251,766
Dover $38,270
Drummond $38,559
Drumright $138,151
Duke $28,793
Duncan $935,071
Durant $715,168
Eagletown $39,005
Earlsboro $56,052
Edmond $1,656,271
El Reno $694,183
Elgin $187,388
Elk City $411,020
Elmore City-Pernell $88,087
Empire $77,036
Enid $1,627,076
Epic 1 On 1 Charter School $2,102,516
Epic Blended Learning Charter School $1,091,582
Erick $41,241
Eufaula $257,029
Fairland $118,078
Fairview $99,342
Fanshawe $27,613
Fargo $51,203
Felt $12,827
Fletcher $61,302
Flower Mound $29,533
Forest Grove $56,367
Forgan $22,978
Fort Cobb-Broxton $79,128
Fort Gibson $374,911
Fort Supply $18,310
Fort Towson $158,532
Fox $78,151
Foyil $119,448
Frederick $222,359
Freedom $12,805
Friend $40,796
Frink-Chambers $70,043
Frontier $78,430
Gans $129,243
Garber $79,595
Geary $121,147
Geronimo $62,996
Glencoe $64,879
Glenpool $382,856
Glover $25,516
Goodwell $27,951
Gore $138,199
Gracemont $35,076
Graham-Dustin $56,560
Grand View $189,538
Grandfield $59,866
Grandview $29,679
Granite $40,610
Greenville $31,544
Grove-Delaware $415,383
Grove-Pottawatomie $20,179
Guthrie $783,498
Guymon $744,672
Gypsy $32,497
Haileyville $79,097
Hammon $44,647
Hanna $23,858
Hardesty $21,250
Harding Independence Charter
Harmony $58,396
Harrah $299,853
Hartshorne $248,733
Haskell $242,427
Haworth $149,030
Haywood $32,803
Healdton $107,042
Heavener $255,231
Hennessey $293,974
Henryetta $257,360
Hilldale $249,831
Hinton $160,084
Hobart $222,016
Hodgen $81,496
Holdenville $305,887
Hollis $128,381
Holly Creek $86,947
Hominy $141,109
Hooker $98,316
Howe $234,884
Hugo $431,930
Hulbert $140,723
Hydro-Eakly $69,013
Idabel $489,125
Indiahoma $53,511
Indianola $66,341
Inola $195,915
Insight School Of Oklahoma $74,228
Jay $487,626
Jenks $1,109,649
Jennings $53,626
John Rex Charter School $44,780
Jones $167,454
Justice $78,327
Justus-Tiawah $44,020
Kansas $298,742
Kellyville $182,312
Kenwood $38,725
Keota $141,067
Ketchum $152,104
Keys $151,221
Keystone $58,133
Kiefer $104,005
Kildare $15,330
Kingfisher $186,054
Kingston $482,011
Kinta $71,197
Kiowa $48,314
Kipp Okc $150,831
Kipp Tulsa $141,611
Konawa $179,762
Krebs $87,516
Kremlin-Hillsdale $20,082
Lane $68,198
Latta $108,167
Laverne $67,278
Lawton $3,629,075
Le Flore $84,676
Le Monde International School $6,438
Leach $32,011
Leedey $19,308
Lexington $188,665
Liberty-Sequoyah $101,306
Liberty-Tulsa $117,956
Lindsay $202,758
Little Axe $307,510
Locust Grove $501,759
Lomega $37,354
Lone Grove $185,025
Lone Star $127,041
Lone Wolf $34,708
Lookeba Sickles $64,196
Lowrey $52,404
Lukfata $61,086
Luther $136,867
Macomb $94,002
Madill $454,424
Mangum $209,699
Mannford $246,157
Mannsville $25,248
Maple $7,313
Marble City $25,592
Marietta $258,181
Marlow $167,261
Maryetta $207,545
Mason $56,239
Maud $107,385
Maysville $64,857
Mcalester $759,551
Mccord $51,987
Mccurtain $83,955
Mcloud $362,978
Medford $36,179
Meeker $131,392
Merritt $151,357
Miami $598,183
Middleberg $21,612
Midway $76,929
Midwest City-Del City $2,778,145
Milburn $43,185
Mill Creek $39,329
Millwood $340,422
Minco $76,550
Moffett $98,673
Monroe $32,650
Moore $2,077,924
Mooreland $63,028
Morris $197,033
Morrison $103,559
Moseley $44,885
Moss $42,643
Mounds $145,194
Mountain View-Gotebo $41,682
Moyers $54,365
Muldrow $343,160
Mulhall-Orlando $41,598
Muskogee $2,669,156
Mustang $610,316
Nashoba $16,575
Navajo $47,265
New Lima $97,980
Newcastle $172,051
Newkirk $139,763
Ninnekah $94,930
Noble $499,776
Norman $2,096,936
North Rock Creek $79,475
Norwood $48,902
Nowata $175,187
Oak Grove $29,682
Oakdale $15,813
Oaks-Mission $67,814
Oilton $65,379
Okarche $20,637
Okay $79,398
Okc Charter Independence Ms $68,299
Okc Charter: Harding Charter $58,653
Okc Charter: Harding Fine Arts $46,519
Okeene $52,362
Okemah $226,528
Oklahoma City $17,345,585
Oklahoma Connection Academy $153,559
Oklahoma Union $96,602
Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy $519,727
Okmulgee $477,235
Oktaha $189,551
Olive $59,848
Olustee-Eldorado $64,019
Oologah-Talala $168,483
Optima $17,338
Osage $28,384
Osage Hills $38,439
Owasso $580,069
Paden $46,922
Panama $240,600
Panola $38,827
Paoli $82,737
Pauls Valley $252,003
Pawhuska $149,894
Pawnee $232,146
Peavine $46,093
Peckham $29,361
Peggs $47,287
Perkins-Tryon $164,872
Perry $135,805
Piedmont $137,824
Pioneer $53,836
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale $85,843
Pittsburg $36,483
Plainview $124,659
Pleasant Grove $96,445
Pocola $169,788
Ponca City $1,080,759
Pond Creek-Hunter $42,543
Porter Consolidated $94,196
Porum $130,530
Poteau $588,219
Prague $143,734
Preston $95,710
Pretty Water $50,657
Prue $99,658
Pryor $460,853
Purcell $232,100
Putnam City $4,544,187
Quapaw $132,938
Quinton $121,379
Rattan $106,006
Ravia $34,805
Red Oak $85,971
Reydon $18,035
Ringling $102,663
Ringwood $58,586
Ripley $86,787
Riverside $37,940
Robin Hill $27,500
Rock Creek $104,801
Rocky Mountain $72,403
Roff $69,863
Roland $246,833
Rush Springs $89,014
Ryal $31,293
Ryan $55,236
Salina $251,592
Sallisaw $621,461
Sand Springs $783,733
Sankofa Middle School $37,500
Santa Fe South $945,035
Sapulpa $613,393
Sasakwa $75,960
Savanna $73,406
Sayre $119,893
Schulter $49,231
Seiling $57,346
Seminole $550,528
Sentinel $66,905
Sequoyah $124,715
Shady Grove $36,199
Shady Point $64,201
Sharon-Mutual $20,650
Shattuck $48,431
Shawnee $1,222,167
Shidler $72,278
Silo $174,119
Skiatook $320,090
Smithville $67,621
Snyder $94,557
Soper $69,023
South Coffeyville $44,772
South Rock Creek $38,270
Sovereign Community School $9,626
Sperry $177,219
Spiro $320,104
Springer $50,960
Stanley Hupfeld Academy $115,049
Sterling $38,648
Stidham $29,167
Stigler $354,488
Stillwater $863,107
Stilwell $426,427
Stonewall $110,325
Stratford $122,853
Stringtown $65,531
Strother $89,801
Stroud $124,683
Stuart $82,662
Sulphur $240,275
Sweetwater $32,478
Tahlequah $1,019,253
Talihina $143,661
Taloga $16,601
Tannehill $36,562
Tecumseh $397,586
Temple $64,742
Tenkiller $72,650
Terral $16,580
Texhoma $32,544
Thackerville $66,388
Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified $67,050
Timberlake $40,263
Tipton $89,976
Tishomingo $223,408
Tonkawa $137,353
Tulsa $16,295,034
Tulsa Honor Academy $123,895
Tulsa Legacy Charter School $198,271
Tulsa School Of Arts And Sciences $60,470
Tupelo $82,352
Turkey Ford $30,700
Turner $50,147
Turpin $84,346
Tushka $111,864
Tuskahoma $24,045
Tuttle $99,637
Twin Hills $108,908
Tyrone $50,381
Union $2,766,410
Union City $43,861
Valliant $169,335
Vanoss $104,889
Varnum $75,348
Velma-Alma $51,495
Verden $52,349
Verdigris $81,411
Vian $311,332
Vici $29,058
Vinita $273,649
Wagoner $639,991
Wainwright $27,042
Walters $100,792
Wanette $42,044
Wapanucka $48,701
Warner $201,254
Washington $56,269
Watonga $185,222
Watts $61,017
Waukomis $51,588
Waurika $105,454
Wayne $105,476
Waynoka $23,699
Weatherford $249,389
Webbers Falls $65,343
Welch $32,752
Weleetka $134,178
Wellston $100,157
Western Heights $1,302,361
Westville $331,871
Wetumka $136,357
Wewoka $234,021
White Oak $26,528
White Rock $26,625
Whitebead $53,697
Whitefield $33,500
Whitesboro $52,057
Wickliffe $25,836
Wilburton $150,603
Wilson-Carter $85,957
Wilson-Okmulgee $96,629
Wister $135,864
Woodall $90,473
Woodland $100,136
Woodward $506,690
Wright City $159,216
Wyandotte $151,280
Wynnewood $127,460
Wynona $30,227
Yale $89,779
Yarbrough $27,119
Yukon $567,257
Zaneis $82,506
Zion $79,900


ESSER II

The table below shows the total amount of ESSER II funding allocated to each district in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma ESSER II allocation by district
District name Total ESSER II allocation
Academy Of Seminole Charter School $160,357
Achille $248,149
Ada $2,112,048
Adair $642,695
Afton $683,600
Agra $404,970
Albion $77,582
Alex $350,295
Aline-Cleo $76,281
Allen $616,206
Allen-Bowden $385,538
Altus $3,567,755
Alva $488,363
Amber-Pocasset $268,095
Anadarko $2,008,633
Anderson $212,919
Antlers $1,109,674
Arapaho-Butler $296,591
Ardmore $3,856,786
Arkoma $485,192
Arnett $70,304
Asher $248,944
Astec Charter Schools $1,422,287
Atoka $941,156
Avant $112,584
Balko $35,194
Banner $109,995
Barnsdall $293,880
Bartlesville $4,077,241
Battiest $273,063
Bearden $117,769
Beaver $214,275
Beggs $836,397
Belfonte $283,631
Bennington $465,483
Berryhill $382,581
Bethany $893,019
Bethel $569,899
Big Pasture $147,168
Billings $93,865
Binger-Oney $325,223
Bishop $467,712
Bixby $1,102,853
Blackwell $1,132,087
Blair $201,684
Blanchard $823,326
Bluejacket $160,733
Boise City $242,911
Bokoshe $262,933
Boone-Apache $561,450
Boswell $379,906
Bowlegs $355,980
Bowring $61,723
Braggs $177,797
Bray-Doyle $167,069
Bridge Creek $711,204
Briggs $708,858
Bristow $1,347,440
Broken Arrow $6,392,474
Broken Bow $1,944,628
Brushy $448,232
Buffalo $185,937
Buffalo Valley $131,472
Burlington $62,495
Burns Flat-Dill City $664,514
Butner $324,512
Byng $985,484
Cache $1,020,270
Caddo $489,134
Calera $518,781
Calumet $260,931
Calvin $239,191
Cameron $344,344
Canadian $565,727
Caney $425,220
Caney Valley $547,069
Canton $281,609
Canute $275,482
Carlton Landing Academy $49,973
Carnegie $643,484
Carney $241,026
Cashion $139,382
Catoosa $1,785,415
Cave Springs $299,085
Cement $260,802
Central $405,830
Central High $177,078
Chandler $615,524
Chattanooga $115,860
Checotah $1,365,326
Chelsea $978,486
Cherokee $244,500
Cheyenne $168,070
Chickasha $2,867,850
Chisholm $310,667
Choctaw-Nicoma Park $1,541,561
Chouteau-Mazie $1,008,923
Cimarron $175,171
Claremore $1,762,128
Clayton $363,525
Cleora $56,841
Cleveland $1,538,165
Clinton $2,364,953
Coalgate $521,210
Colbert $745,876
Colcord $903,587
Coleman $152,000
Collegiate Hall $297,264
Collinsville $1,048,685
Comanche $636,498
Comanche Academy $37,855
Commerce $898,375
Copan $186,396
Cordell $510,484
Cottonwood $148,853
Covington-Douglas $271,419
Coweta $1,466,313
Coyle $308,317
Crescent $368,456
Crooked Oak $2,132,262
Crowder $400,773
Crutcho $470,141
Cushing $1,170,911
Cyril $326,821
Dale $241,529
Darlington $336,578
Davenport $308,270
Davidson $81,565
Davis $530,058
Deer Creek $786,706
Deer Creek-Lamont $85,828
Denison $248,196
Depew $248,894
Dewar $313,428
Dewey $827,060
Dibble $561,133
Dickson $932,622
Dove School Of Okc
Dove Schools Of Tulsa $1,455,315
Dove Virtual Academy
Dover $175,808
Drummond $171,651
Drumright $535,258
Duke $156,585
Duncan $3,433,127
Durant $2,837,189
Eagletown $152,154
Earlsboro $242,990
Edmond $7,502,021
El Reno $2,930,744
Elgin $1,035,630
Elk City $1,665,170
Elmore City-Pernell $343,611
Empire $344,525
Enid $6,346,939
Epic 1 On 1 Charter School $12,558,681
Epic Blended Learning Charter School $7,426,237
Epic Charter School
Erick $183,478
Eschool Virtual Charter Academy $858,534
Eufaula $1,097,825
Fairland $464,226
Fairview $457,322
Fanshawe $127,710
Fargo $208,150
Felt $50,430
Fletcher $296,660
Flower Mound $116,684
Forest Grove $219,686
Forgan $93,800
Fort Cobb-Broxton $327,626
Fort Gibson $1,473,975
Fort Supply $102,341
Fort Towson $623,271
Fox $304,271
Foyil $465,944
Frederick $928,287
Freedom $47,002
Friend $159,139
Frink-Chambers $323,401
Frontier $350,225
Gans $504,155
Garber $316,099
Geary $476,292
Geronimo $273,132
Glencoe $285,130
Glenpool $1,519,578
Glover $99,533
Goodwell $109,893
Gore $612,042
Gracemont $135,901
Graham-Dustin $216,634
Grand View $745,175
Grandfield $245,684
Grandview $115,772
Granite $158,411
Greenville $124,017
Grove-Delaware $1,927,183
Grove-Pottawatomie $83,446
Guthrie $2,776,060
Guymon $3,330,187
Gypsy $119,282
Haileyville $343,984
Hammon $209,239
Hanna $93,067
Hardesty $82,894
Harding Independence Charter $639,914
Harmony $227,794
Harrah $1,268,545
Hartshorne $1,080,179
Haskell $977,300
Haworth $612,354
Haywood $136,914
Healdton $417,551
Heavener $995,611
Hennessey $1,326,404
Henryetta $1,081,572
Hilldale $1,329,997
Hinton $629,374
Hobart $905,918
Hodgen $326,350
Holdenville $1,226,469
Hollis $543,073
Holly Creek $341,834
Hominy $550,443
Hooker $445,215
Howe $1,024,517
Hugo $1,684,884
Hulbert $551,103
Hydro-Eakly $298,163
Idabel $2,064,287
Indiahoma $210,381
Indianola $294,682
Inola $764,232
Insight School Of Oklahoma $419,346
Jay $1,943,589
Jenks $4,163,823
Jennings $246,686
John Rex Charter School $202,392
Jones $653,207
Justice $346,675
Justus-Tiawah $163,044
Kansas $1,183,069
Kellyville $682,595
Kenwood $152,250
Keota $630,498
Ketchum $598,000
Keys $589,356
Keystone $226,766
Kiefer $408,948
Kildare $74,800
Kingfisher $835,492
Kingston $1,895,037
Kinta $296,577
Kiowa $192,206
Kipp Okc $592,995
Kipp Tulsa $723,104
Konawa $696,476
Krebs $341,386
Kremlin-Hillsdale $85,407
Lane $266,027
Latta $465,798
Laverne $262,438
Lawton $14,847,509
Le Flore $392,736
Le Monde International School $26,346
Leach $134,589
Leedey $75,315
Lexington $796,757
Liberty-Sequoyah $421,891
Liberty-Tulsa $470,442
Lindsay $790,925
Little Axe $1,216,698
Locust Grove $1,944,030
Lomega $142,144
Lone Grove $738,581
Lone Star $495,563
Lone Wolf $134,474
Lookeba Sickles $254,583
Lowrey $204,421
Lukfata $284,343
Luther $513,558
Macomb $366,675
Madill $1,786,584
Mangum $851,206
Mannford $960,214
Mannsville $99,266
Maple $30,296
Marble City $95,972
Marietta $1,209,908
Marlow $652,457
Maryetta $913,009
Mason $233,355
Maud $416,056
Maysville $252,995
Mcalester $3,150,552
Mccord $202,791
Mccurtain $343,745
Mcloud $1,431,749
Medford $150,476
Meeker $622,994
Merritt $595,064
Miami $2,661,388
Middleberg $77,386
Midway $345,310
Midwest City-Del City $12,639,377
Milburn $168,459
Mill Creek $153,414
Millwood $1,372,620
Minco $298,608
Moffett $428,488
Monroe $135,192
Moore $8,047,061
Mooreland $245,670
Morris $768,592
Morrison $403,965
Moseley $175,089
Moss $183,762
Mounds $584,625
Mountain View-Gotebo $173,655
Moyers $220,301
Muldrow $1,338,608
Mulhall-Orlando $162,267
Muskogee $10,333,286
Mustang $2,312,418
Nashoba $87,040
Navajo $201,637
New Lima $388,366
Newcastle $818,622
Newkirk $550,720
Ninnekah $496,914
Noble $1,949,541
Norman $8,019,360
North Rock Creek $490,957
Norwood $190,757
Nowata $730,541
Oak Grove $115,783
Oakdale $61,684
Oaks-Mission $248,749
Oilton $289,320
Okarche $97,395
Okay $309,719
Okc Charter Independence Ms
Okc Charter: Harding Charter
Okeene $212,869
Okemah $883,647
Oklahoma City $73,415,908
Oklahoma Connection Academy $635,427
Oklahoma Union $387,503
Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy $2,349,404
Okmulgee $1,861,613
Oktaha $801,896
Olive $233,456
Olustee-Eldorado $293,023
Oologah-Talala $630,103
Optima $61,433
Osage $130,390
Osage Hills $183,348
Owasso $2,194,183
Paden $183,034
Panama $1,024,567
Panola $137,514
Paoli $306,020
Pauls Valley $1,084,335
Pawhuska $841,817
Pawnee $899,433
Peavine $179,801
Peckham $127,147
Peggs $184,460
Perkins-Tryon $643,138
Perry $554,476
Piedmont $537,617
Pioneer $215,414
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale $381,140
Pittsburg $143,433
Plainview $574,452
Pleasant Grove $450,810
Pocola $663,425
Ponca City $5,069,961
Pond Creek-Hunter $211,101
Porter Consolidated $398,616
Porum $509,173
Poteau $2,546,618
Prague $665,141
Preston $486,627
Pretty Water $185,937
Prue $388,748
Pryor $1,939,093
Purcell $906,623
Putnam City $21,438,294
Quapaw $564,285
Quinton $477,205
Rattan $434,611
Ravia $141,509
Red Oak $400,095
Reydon $70,352
Ringling $397,762
Ringwood $228,535
Ripley $338,540
Riverside $143,725
Robin Hill $122,599
Rock Creek $408,812
Rocky Mountain $288,677
Roff $272,524
Roland $1,081,914
Rush Springs $347,174
Ryal $123,030
Ryan $223,125
Salina $989,144
Sallisaw $2,409,449
Sand Springs $2,622,622
Santa Fe South $4,607,397
Sapulpa $2,357,465
Sasakwa $378,139
Savanna $327,808
Sayre $467,682
Schulter $193,555
Seiling $255,746
Seminole $2,188,194
Sentinel $261,181
Sequoyah $491,283
Shady Grove $156,193
Shady Point $279,576
Sharon-Mutual $97,049
Shattuck $190,407
Shawnee $4,705,661
Shidler $284,165
Silo $679,208
Skiatook $1,248,614
Smithville $264,796
Snyder $406,556
Soper $342,249
South Coffeyville $204,229
South Rock Creek $150,460
Sovereign Community School $89,319
Sperry $691,300
Spiro $1,248,668
Springer $198,787
Stanley Hupfeld Academy $508,346
Sterling $137,046
Stidham $121,934
Stigler $1,495,902
Stillwater $3,331,825
Stilwell $1,931,900
Stonewall $430,360
Stratford $479,227
Stringtown $258,080
Strother $350,300
Stroud $547,084
Stuart $418,334
Sulphur $1,165,675
Sweetwater $135,123
Tahlequah $3,611,376
Talihina $560,380
Taloga $64,759
Tannehill $143,746
Tecumseh $1,713,896
Temple $291,106
Tenkiller $320,544
Terral $62,658
Texhoma $147,934
Thackerville $258,968
Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified $273,336
Timberlake $157,059
Tipton $389,418
Tishomingo $905,776
Tonkawa $631,997
Tulsa $58,291,058
Tulsa Honor Academy $684,749
Tulsa School Of Arts And Sciences $286,335
Tupelo $330,582
Turkey Ford $122,152
Turner $218,191
Turpin $361,620
Tushka $454,651
Tuskahoma $94,532
Tuttle $438,774
Twin Hills $436,310
Tyrone $196,527
Union $10,426,528
Union City $168,417
Valliant $837,545
Vanoss $409,154
Varnum $355,377
Velma-Alma $281,961
Verden $232,909
Verdigris $351,400
Vian $1,255,646
Vici $134,238
Vinita $1,067,456
Wagoner $2,496,495
Wainwright $105,485
Walters $477,463
Wanette $157,178
Wapanucka $248,798
Warner $864,387
Washington $219,488
Watonga $829,068
Watts $238,018
Waukomis $192,859
Waurika $411,356
Wayne $411,442
Waynoka $120,616
Weatherford $1,100,245
Webbers Falls $341,560
Welch $177,819
Weleetka $583,958
Wellston $390,694
Western Gateway Elementary $113,267
Western Heights $5,080,284
Westville $1,294,569
Wetumka $575,841
Wewoka $991,502
White Oak $93,954
White Rock $100,451
Whitebead $278,737
Whitefield $169,070
Whitesboro $208,989
Wickliffe $91,504
Wilburton $623,379
Wilson-Carter $341,102
Wilson-Okmulgee $428,204
Wister $590,329
Woodall $374,741
Woodland $439,487
Woodward $1,963,591
Wright City $635,983
Wyandotte $640,514
Wynnewood $572,594
Wynona $117,910
Yale $350,211
Yarbrough $106,618
Yukon $2,212,770
Zaneis $434,020
Zion $357,272

ESSER III

The table below shows the total amount of ESSER III funding allocated to each district in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma ESSER III allocation by district
District name Total ESSER III allocation
Achille $557,706
Ada $4,746,740
Adair $1,444,431
Afton $1,536,362
Agra $910,153
Albion $174,363
Alex $787,273
Aline-Cleo $171,439
Allen $1,384,897
Allen-Bowden $866,482
Altus $8,018,381
Alva $1,097,575
Amber-Pocasset $602,532
Anadarko $4,514,319
Anderson $478,527
Antlers $2,493,946
Arapaho-Butler $666,576
Ardmore $8,667,966
Arkoma $1,090,449
Arnett $158,005
Asher $559,490
ASTEC Charter Schools $3,191,189
Atoka $2,115,209
Avant $253,028
Balko $79,098
Banner $247,208
Barnsdall $660,483
Bartlesville $9,163,431
Battiest $613,698
Bearden $264,680
Beaver $481,575
Beggs $1,879,767
Belfonte $637,449
Bennington $1,046,155
Berryhill $859,836
Bethany $2,007,024
Bethel $1,280,825
Big Pasture $330,755
Billings $210,957
Binger-Oney $730,925
Bishop $1,051,164
Bixby $2,478,617
Blackwell $2,544,319
Blair $453,277
Blanchard $1,850,391
Bluejacket $361,242
Boise City $545,932
Bokoshe $590,930
Boone-Apache $1,261,836
Boswell $853,824
Bowlegs $800,051
Bowring $138,719
Braggs $399,592
Bray-Doyle $375,481
Bridge Creek $1,598,401
Briggs $1,593,130
Bristow $3,028,315
Broken Arrow $14,366,820
Broken Bow $4,370,471
Brushy $1,007,384
Buffalo $417,885
Buffalo Valley $295,478
Burlington $140,455
Burns Flat-Dill City $1,493,467
Butner $729,327
Byng $2,214,835
Cache $2,293,015
Caddo $1,099,309
Calera $1,165,939
Calumet $586,431
Calvin $537,573
Cameron $773,899
Canadian $1,271,447
Caney $955,664
Caney Valley $1,229,516
Canton $632,904
Canute $619,133
Carlton Landing Academy $112,312
Carnegie $1,446,203
Carney $541,696
Cashion $313,255
Catoosa $4,012,646
Cave Springs $672,182
Cement $586,142
Central $912,087
Central High $397,975
Chandler $1,383,364
Chattanooga $260,391
Checotah $3,068,515
Chelsea $2,199,106
Cherokee $549,503
Cheyenne $377,730
Chickasha $6,445,374
Chisholm $698,212
Choctaw-Nicoma Park $3,464,594
Chouteau-Mazie $2,267,513
Cimarron $393,690
Claremore $3,960,310
Clayton $817,008
Cleora $127,748
Cleveland $3,456,962
Clinton $5,315,134
Coalgate $1,171,399
Colbert $1,676,324
Colcord $2,030,775
Coleman $341,613
Collegiate Hall $668,089
Collinsville $2,356,876
Comanche $1,430,502
Commerce $2,019,060
Copan $418,916
Cordell $1,147,291
Cottonwood $334,541
Covington-Douglas $610,002
Coweta $3,295,478
Coyle $692,929
Crescent $828,091
Crooked Oak $4,792,170
Crowder $900,722
Crutcho $1,056,623
Cushing $2,631,573
Cyril $734,516
Dale $542,826
Darlington $756,445
Davenport $692,823
Davidson $183,315
Davis $1,191,283
Deer Creek $1,768,089
Deer Creek-Lamont $192,895
Denison $557,810
Depew $559,380
Dewar $704,417
Dewey $1,858,782
Dibble $1,261,124
Dickson $2,096,029
Dove School Of Okc $3,544,590
Dove Schools Of Tulsa $3,270,760
Dove Virtual Academy
Dover $395,120
Drummond $385,778
Drumright $1,202,970
Duke $351,919
Duncan $7,715,810
Durant $6,376,464
Eagletown $341,959
Earlsboro $546,109
Edmond $16,860,481
El Reno $6,586,725
Elgin $2,327,536
Elk City $3,742,400
Elmore City-Pernell $772,252
Empire $774,307
Enid $14,264,482
Epic Charter School
Erick $412,360
Eschool Virtual Charter Academy $1,929,521
Eufaula $2,467,317
Fairland $1,043,330
Fairview $1,027,812
Fanshawe $287,023
Felt $113,338
Fletcher $666,730
Flower Mound $262,243
Forest Grove $493,735
Forgan $210,811
Fort Cobb-Broxton $736,327
Fort Gibson $3,312,697
Fort Supply $230,008
Fort Towson $1,400,776
Fox $683,837
Foyil $1,047,191
Frederick $2,086,288
Freedom $105,636
Friend $357,659
Frink-Chambers $726,830
Frontier $787,117
Garber $710,419
Geronimo $613,853
Glencoe $640,818
Glenpool $3,415,188
Glover $223,696
Goodwell $246,979
Gore $1,375,539
Gracemont $305,432
Graham-Dustin $486,877
Grandfield $552,164
Grandview $260,192
Granite $356,022
Greenville $278,723
Grove-Delaware $4,331,263
Grove-Pottawatomie $187,542
Guthrie $6,239,080
Guymon $7,484,458
Gypsy $268,080
Haileyville $773,091
Hammon $470,256
Hanna $209,165
Hardesty $186,300
Harding Independence Charter $1,438,183
Harmony $511,958
Harrah $2,851,001
Hartshorne $2,427,658
Haskell $2,196,440
Haworth $1,376,240
Haywood $307,710
Healdton $938,429
Heavener $2,237,595
Hennessey $2,981,038
Henryetta $2,430,788
Hilldale $2,989,113
Hinton $1,414,492
Hobart $2,036,012
Hodgen $733,458
Holdenville $2,756,438
Hollis $1,220,535
Holly Creek $768,258
Hominy $1,237,098
Hooker $1,000,602
Howe $2,302,559
Hugo $3,786,706
Hulbert $1,238,582
Hydro-Eakly $670,108
Idabel $4,639,399
Indiahoma $472,822
Indianola $662,285
Inola $1,717,580
Insight School Of Oklahoma $942,462
Jay $4,368,136
Jenks $9,358,019
Jennings $554,416
John Rex Charter School $454,867
Jones $1,468,056
Justice $779,138
Justus-Tiawah $366,435
Kansas $2,658,899
Kellyville $1,534,104
Kenwood $342,175
Keota $1,417,019
Ketchum $1,343,980
Keys $1,324,553
Keystone $509,648
Kiefer $919,094
Kildare $168,110
Kingfisher $1,877,734
Kingston $4,259,016
Kinta $666,544
Kiowa $431,974
Konawa $1,565,300
Krebs $767,251
Kremlin-Hillsdale $191,948
Lane $597,885
Latta $1,046,863
Laverne $589,820
Lawton $33,369,162
Le Flore $882,658
Le Monde International School $59,213
Leach $302,484
Leedey $169,268
Lexington $1,790,679
Liberty-Sequoyah $948,182
Liberty-Tulsa $1,057,299
Lindsay $1,777,571
Little Axe $2,734,479
Locust Grove $4,369,127
Lomega $319,462
Lone Grove $1,659,931
Lone Star $1,113,757
Lone Wolf $302,224
Lookeba Sickles $572,166
Lowrey $459,427
Lukfata $639,048
Luther $1,154,200
Macomb $824,086
Madill $4,015,274
Mangum $1,913,050
Mannford $2,158,042
Mannsville $223,096
Maple $68,088
Marble City $215,692
Marietta $2,719,217
Marlow $1,466,370
Maryetta $2,051,949
Mason $524,456
Maud $935,070
Maysville $568,596
Mcalester $7,080,736
Mccord $455,764
Mccurtain $772,553
Mcloud $3,217,798
Medford $338,190
Meeker $1,400,152
Merritt $1,337,382
Miami $5,981,359
Middleberg $173,923
Midway $776,069
Midwest City-Del City $28,406,477
Milburn $378,605
Mill Creek $344,791
Millwood $3,084,907
Minco $671,109
Moffett $963,009
Moore $18,085,436
Mooreland $552,132
Morris $1,727,378
Morrison $907,895
Moseley $393,505
Moss $412,997
Mounds $1,313,921
Mountain View-Gotebo $390,282
Moyers $495,117
Muldrow $3,008,467
Mulhall-Orlando $364,689
Muskogee $23,223,633
Mustang $5,197,065
Nashoba $195,619
Navajo $453,171
New Lima $872,837
Newcastle $1,839,819
Newkirk $1,237,721
Ninnekah $1,116,794
Noble $4,381,512
Norman $18,023,180
North Rock Creek $1,103,404
Norwood $428,718
Nowata $1,641,861
Oak Grove $260,217
Oaks-Mission $559,054
Oilton $650,234
Okarche $218,891
Okay $696,081
Okeene $478,414
Okemah $1,985,960
Oklahoma City $164,999,212
Oklahoma Connection Academy $1,428,095
Oklahoma Union $870,897
Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy $5,280,187
Okmulgee $4,183,897
Oktaha $1,802,227
Olive $524,682
Olustee-Eldorado $658,556
Oologah-Talala $1,416,131
Optima $138,068
Osage $293,047
Osage Hills $412,067
Owasso $4,931,335
Paden $411,362
Panama $2,302,672
Panola $308,540
Paoli $687,768
Pauls Valley $2,436,997
Pawhuska $1,891,949
Pawnee $2,021,439
Peavine $404,096
Peckham $285,759
Peggs $414,567
Perkins-Tryon $1,445,426
Perry $1,246,163
Piedmont $1,208,273
Pioneer $484,134
Pittsburg $322,360
Plainview $1,291,056
Pleasant Grove $1,013,177
Pocola $1,491,019
Ponca City $11,394,526
Pond Creek-Hunter $474,441
Porter Consolidated $895,873
Porum $1,144,346
Poteau $5,723,418
Prague $1,494,877
Preston $1,093,673
Pretty Water $417,887
Prue $873,695
Pryor $4,358,031
Purcell $2,037,599
Putnam City $48,181,678
Quapaw $1,268,208
Quinton $1,072,498
Rattan $976,771
Ravia $318,035
Red Oak $899,196
Reydon $158,113
Ringling $893,954
Ringwood $513,623
Ripley $760,855
Riverside $323,017
Robin Hill $275,535
Rock Creek $918,787
Rocky Mountain $648,789
Roff $612,485
Roland $2,431,557
Rush Springs $780,259
Ryal $276,505
Ryan $501,464
Salina $2,223,059
Sallisaw $5,415,136
Sand Springs $5,894,234
Santa Fe South $10,354,935
Sapulpa $5,298,306
Sasakwa $849,851
Savanna $736,735
Sayre $1,051,095
Schulter $435,007
Seiling $574,779
Seminole $4,917,876
Sentinel $586,994
Sequoyah $1,104,139
Shady Grove $351,038
Shady Point $628,336
Sharon-Mutual $218,115
Shattuck $427,932
Shawnee $10,575,777
Shidler $638,648
Silo $1,526,491
Skiatook $2,806,207
Smithville $595,118
Snyder $913,718
Soper $769,192
South Coffeyville $458,997
South Rock Creek $338,152
Sovereign Community School $200,740
Sperry $1,553,667
Spiro $2,806,331
Springer $446,765
Sterling $308,006
Stidham $274,042
Stigler $3,361,978
Stillwater $7,488,140
Stilwell $4,341,866
Stonewall $967,217
Stratford $1,077,043
Stringtown $580,024
Strother $787,284
Stroud $1,229,549
Stuart $940,187
Sulphur $2,619,806
Sweetwater $303,684
Tahlequah $8,116,419
Talihina $1,259,430
Taloga $145,544
Tannehill $323,063
Tecumseh $3,851,909
Temple $654,249
Tenkiller $720,409
Terral $140,822
Texhoma $332,476
Thackerville $582,019
Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified $614,312
Timberlake $352,983
Tipton $875,201
Tishomingo $2,035,694
Tonkawa $1,420,387
Tulsa $131,006,737
Tupelo $742,970
Turkey Ford $274,531
Turner $490,375
Tushka $1,021,809
Tuskahoma $212,457
Tuttle $986,126
Twin Hills $980,589
Tyrone $441,686
Union $23,433,191
Union City $378,509
Valliant $1,882,347
Vanoss $919,556
Varnum $798,694
Velma-Alma $633,695
Verden $523,452
Verdigris $789,758
Vian $2,822,013
Vici $301,694
Vinita $2,399,063
Wagoner $5,610,769
Wainwright $237,073
Walters $1,073,078
Wanette $353,252
Wapanucka $559,164
Warner $1,942,675
Washington $493,291
Watonga $1,863,296
Watts $534,936
Waukomis $433,444
Waurika $924,506
Wayne $924,699
Waynoka $271,078
Weatherford $2,472,754
Webbers Falls $767,641
Welch $399,640
Weleetka $1,312,422
Wellston $878,069
Western Gateway Elementary $254,562
Western Heights $11,417,728
Westville $2,909,491
Wetumka $1,294,178
Wewoka $2,228,359
White Oak $211,158
White Rock $225,760
Whitebead $626,451
Whitefield $379,978
Whitesboro $469,693
Wickliffe $205,652
Wilburton $1,401,018
Wilson-Carter $766,612
Wilson-Okmulgee $962,372
Wister $1,326,741
Woodall $842,214
Woodward $4,413,090
Wright City $1,429,344
Wyandotte $1,439,528
Wynnewood $1,286,882
Wynona $264,999
Yale $787,084
Yarbrough $239,620
Yukon $4,973,109
Zaneis $975,442
Zion $802,954

ESSER allocations by state

Click a state below to see a detailed breakdown of ESSER allocations by district in each state.

History of ESSER

Throughout Spring 2020, all 50 states shuttered K-12 public schools to in-person learning. In most states, students would not return to classrooms for the remainder of the academic year. Congress allocated roughly $190 billion to schools between March 2020 and March 2021 through three rounds of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund grants.[9]

Congress also allocated about 10% of ESSER funding—or about $19 billion—to state education agencies.[10]

Each tranche of ESSER funding came with its own deadline. States had until September 30 to commit money they received in the third round (ARP Act) of ESSER funding—unless they requested and received an extension.[11] Districts were required to have spent the funds by the end of January 2025 (though they could request an extension from the federal government).[12]

According to the U.S. Department of Education, “These Federal emergency resources are available for a wide range of activities to address diverse needs arising from or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, or to emerge stronger post-pandemic, including responding to students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs and continuing to provide educational services as States, LEAs, and schools respond to and recover from the pandemic.”[13]

Districts, already facing declining public school enrollment, grappled with the loss of billions of dollars in federal aid as ESSER funds expired.[14] To put the loss in perspective, in 2019, the last year before Congress began allocating ESSER grants, the federal government spent a total of $57.9 billion on K-12 public schools—less than a third of what Congress allocated to schools through ESSER.[15]

A 2023 Education Next analysis of 22 states found that districts had spent about half of the money on labor costs, which could include new hires and raises for existing personnel.[16] A December 2023 Education Week survey of 250 district leaders found that a quarter of respondents said they didn’t anticipate finding alternative funding to cover ongoing expenses made with ESSER grants.[17]

Some districts announced staff and teacher layoffs due to losing ESSER funds.[18][19][20] Districts also cut expenses in other ways, including ending after-school programs, tutoring services, and more.[21][22]

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Footnotes

  1. U.S. Department of Education, "ESSER Fund Cover Letter," accessed June 13, 2025
  2. The 74, "ESSER Post-Mortem: How Did Districts Spend $190B in Federal Funds? Did It Work?" June 29, 2025
  3. Intercultural Development Research Association, "How Schools Will Be Impacted by the End of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funding," October 8, 2024
  4. District Administration, "Learning loss can still be overcome with ESSER," August 15, 2024
  5. Brookings, "The ESSER fiscal cliff will have serious implications for student equity," September 12, 2023
  6. Intercultural Development Research Association, "How Schools Will Be Impacted by the End of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funding," October 8, 2024
  7. McKinsey & Company, "When the money runs out: K–12 schools brace for stimulus-free budgets," September 18, 2024
  8. Edunomics Lab,"ESSER Expenditure Dashboard," accessed June 29, 2025
  9. K-12 Dive, "ESSER funding: What it is and how to use it before it expires," February 21, 2023
  10. CCSSO, "States Leading: How State Education Agencies Leveraged Pandemic Relief Funds," accessed February 4, 2025
  11. New America, "Size: More Money Than Ever Before," accessed February 4, 2025
  12. School Superintendents Assocation, "The Advocate March 2024: ESSER Late Liquidation," March 8, 2024
  13. U.S. Department of Education, "Frequently Asked Questions," May 2021
  14. Brookings, "Breaking down enrollment declines in public schools," March 14, 2024
  15. United States Census, "K-12 School Spending Up 4.7% in 2019 From Previous Year," May 18, 2021
  16. Education Next, "The Massive ESSER Experiment: Here’s what we’re learning.," April 4, 2023
  17. Education Week, "When ESSER Funds Are Gone, Here’s Where Districts May Turn to Fill Gaps," December 5, 2023
  18. NBC DFW, "Arlington ISD faces layoffs with COVID-era ESSER grants coming to an end," March 25, 2024
  19. K-12 Dive, "Teacher layoffs are growing — and won’t be going away anytime soon," March 26, 2024
  20. CT Insider, "Hartford school board approves $429 million budget with staffing cuts across the district," April 18, 2024
  21. Chalkbeat, "Many schools want to keep tutoring going when COVID money is gone. How will they pay for it?" February 1, 2024
  22. KOSU, "The end of pandemic-era federal dollars may mean the end of some Oklahoma school programs," April 18, 2024