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Barnsdall Public Schools
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 435 (2022-2023)
Schools: 3 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Barnsdall Public Schools is a school district in Oklahoma (Osage County). During the 2023 school year, 435 students attended one of the district's three schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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• 2023

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Barnsdall Public Schools school board Office 3

General election

General election for Barnsdall Public Schools school board Office 3

Linda Kelley and Arron Zappone ran in the general election for Barnsdall Public Schools school board Office 3 on April 4, 2023.

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	Submit photo	Arron Zappone (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board nonpartisan primary elections in Oklahoma are held on the second Tuesday in February every year. School board primary elections are only held if more than two candidates run for a school board member seat. If two candidates run, the primary is canceled and both candidates advance to the general election.

School board general elections in Oklahoma are held on the first Tuesday in April every year.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: December 3, 2025
• Primary election date: February 10, 2026
• General election date: April 7, 2026

Election system

School board members in Oklahoma are elected through a system of a nonpartisan primary election and a nonpartisan general election. The primary election is only held if a large enough number of candidates run for office.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Oklahoma are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Winning an election

The top two school board candidates with the most votes in the nonpartisan primary advance to the general election as long as none of them receives more than 50% of the vote. If only two candidates file for the primary election, they automatically advance to the general election. If there are three or more candidates on the ballot for the primary election and one receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate wins the election outright and is elected to office, and the general election is canceled.

The school board candidate with the most votes in the general election is elected to office. In Oklahoma, school board candidates can be elected outright in the nonpartisan primary election.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Term length and staggering

School districts with three board members have three-year board member terms. School districts with five members have five-year board member terms. School districts with seven members have four-year board member terms. Elementary school district board members have three-year terms. Independent school districts (which serve grades K-12) have school boards with five-year terms or four-year terms, depending on how many school board members they have. Districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the board in addition to other school board members. The chair must be elected at large to four-year terms. As of 2022, Oklahoma City Schools was the only district that had opted to have an additional elected chair of the school board.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School districts either elect all regular school board members at large, or they elect all regular school board members from residence areas (sub-districts) with one board member elected by the voters of each sub-district. Elementary school districts must elect school board members at large. Any school district with an average daily student attendance of fewer than 1,800 students may choose to elect school board members at large instead of from sub-districts. Other school districts must elect school board members by sub-districts. Independent school districts that contain a city and for which less than 20% of the population of the school district resides outside of the city's limits may use the city's ward boundaries instead of drawing its own sub-district boundaries. Board members elected from sub-districts must reside within that sub-district when elected and for the duration of their terms. School districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the school board at large, which means that if other board members are elected by sub-district, that district would use a combination of elections at large and elections by sub-district elections.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The deadline for candidates to file for regular school board elections is the Wednesday following the first Monday in December in the year before the February primary election. Candidates must submit their filing by 5:00 pm on the day of the filing deadline.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §26-13A-110

Newly elected school board members officially take office at the first school board meeting taking place after the results of the election have been certified.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

 

About the district

School board

Barnsdall Public Schools consists of five members serving five-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Matt Allen	Office 4
Brittanie White	Office 5
Linda Kelley	Office 3		2028
Casey Cassity	Office 2		2027
Deanna Ravellette	Office 1		2026

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Overlapping state house districts

Barnsdall Public Schools

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 10	Judd Strom	Republican Party	100%	11%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$905,000	$2,401	19%
Local:	$1,930,000	$5,119	41%
State:	$1,864,000	$4,944	40%
Total:	$4,699,000	$12,464

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$4,646,000	$12,323
Total Current Expenditures:	$4,056,000	$10,758
Instructional Expenditures:	$2,225,000	$5,901	48%
Student and Staff Support:	$379,000	$1,005	8%
Administration:	$683,000	$1,811	15%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$769,000	$2,039	17%
Total Capital Outlay:	$571,000	$1,514
Construction:	$460,000	$1,220
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$17,000	$45

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	10-14		PS	PS	10-14	PS	10-14
2018-2019	20-24		PS	PS		20-24	20-24
2017-2018	22		PS	<50		25-29	15-19
2016-2017	33			<50	PS	30-34	30-34
2015-2016	72		PS	>=50	PS	75-79	65-69
2014-2015	64		PS	>=50		65-69	55-59
2013-2014	63			>=50		65-69	55-59
2012-2013	72			>=50	PS	85-89	65-69
2011-2012	67		PS	PS	PS	70-74	55-59
2010-2011	73			PS	>=50		70-74

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	20-24		PS	PS	20-24	PS	25-29
2018-2019	25-29		PS	PS		25-29	30-34
2017-2018	33		PS	<50		30-34	30-34
2016-2017	35			>=50	PS	35-39	35-39
2015-2016	70-74		PS	PS	PS	80-84	60-64
2014-2015	70		PS	<50		75-79	65-69
2013-2014	62			>=50		65-69	50-54
2012-2013	57			>=50	PS	60-64	45-49
2011-2012	61			PS	PS	60-64	55-59
2010-2011	73			PS	PS		70-74

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	80-89			PS	>=50	>=50	>=80
2018-2019	>=90			PS		>=80	>=80
2017-2018	70-79			PS	PS	>=50	60-79
2016-2017	>=80					>=50	>=80
2015-2016	80-89			>=50	PS	>=80	60-79
2014-2015	>=80			PS	PS	>=50	60-79
2013-2014	80-89					>=80	>=80
2012-2013	>=80					>=80	>=50

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	435	8.7
2021-2022	397	5.0
2020-2021	377	-4.0
2019-2020	392	-7.9
2018-2019	423	1.2
2017-2018	418	0.0
2016-2017	418	-3.6
2015-2016	433	-0.5
2014-2015	435	-0.7
2013-2014	438	2.1
2012-2013	429	1.4
2011-2012	423	-4.5
2010-2011	442	-2.0
2009-2010	451	0.4
2008-2009	449	-8.5
2007-2008	487	2.9
2006-2007	473	-0.4
2005-2006	475	2.9
2004-2005	461	1.5
2003-2004	454	-2.6
2002-2003	466	1.9
2001-2002	457	-5.3
2000-2001	481	2.1
1999-2000	471	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Barnsdall Public Schools (%)	Oklahoma K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	38.6	11.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	0.0	2.3
Black	0.7	7.9
Hispanic	3.7	19.8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.0	0.4
Two or More Races	2.5	12.9
White	54.5	45.5

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Barnsdall Public Schools had 27.12 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 16.04.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	0.89
Kindergarten:	1.00
Elementary:	10.35
Secondary:	14.88
Total:	27.12

Barnsdall Public Schools employed 1.01 district administrators and 2.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	1.01
District Administrative Support:	1.33
School Administrators:	2.00
School Administrative Support:	2.00

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	7.34
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.86
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.86
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.25
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	1.64
Other Support Services:	6.81

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Barnsdall Public Schools operates three schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Barnsdall Es	207	PK-5
Barnsdall Hs	133	9-12
Barnsdall Middle School	95	6-8

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