OKPOLICY.ORG
Numbers of the Day
To receive the Number of the Day in your e-mail each morning, sign up for In The Know.
Percent of African American children under 18 in Oklahoma who experience poverty, compared to Oklahoma’s overall 22 percent child poverty rate
[Source: KIDS COUNT Data Center]
Number of emergency certified teachers in Oklahoma elementary education (grades 1-8). This is the highest concentration of emergency certified teachers throughout the state.
[Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education]
Percent of Oklahoma 4-year-olds enrolled in public pre-k programs, compared to only 33 percent nationally.
[Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education]
Average state and local sales tax rate in Oklahoma, ranking us as the 7th highest sales tax state
[Source: Tax Foundation]
Number of emergency certified teachers in Oklahoma from July-November 2019. Up from 3,038 in the 2018-2019 school year.
[Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education]
Estimated amount of uncollected court fines and fees between 2012 and 2018
[Source: Open Justice Oklahoma]
Percent of Oklahoma PK-12 students who are economically disadvantaged.
[Source: Oklahoma State Department of Education]
The percentage of women in Oklahoma prisons with a history of or currently presenting symptoms of severe mental illness.
[Source: Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services]
Share of Oklahoma student aid that was need-based in 2017-18. Shares in other states range from 0 to 100 percent, with most states awarding over 90 percent of financial aid grant dollars base on need.
[Source: The Pew Trusts]
The estimated number of Oklahoma children who were food insecure in 2016.
[Source: KIDS COUNT]
