Weatherford Public Schools

What Weatherford Public Schools does

Weatherford Public Schools is a public K-12 school district headquartered at 1409 Cypress, Weatherford, Oklahoma, operating as a government state entity under the Oklahoma State Department of Education. The district serves students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade across seven schools: Weatherford High School (grades 9-12), Weatherford Middle School (grades 6-8), East Intermediate School (grades 3-5), Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford Elementary, Burcham Elementary School, and the Weatherford Early Childhood Center. It is governed by an elected school board responsible for policy, budgeting, and oversight, with decisions executed by central-office leadership including the Director of Special Services.

The district's service portfolio spans core academic instruction plus supplementary programs including Athletics, Food Services (with free/reduced lunch via MySchoolBucks and MySchoolApps), Transportation, Health Services, Federal Programs (Title I/II), Special Education (IDEA and Section 504 compliant), Native American Education, Strong Readers literacy initiative, and McKinney-Vento Homeless Education support. Academic delivery is supported by an interoperable third-party EdTech stack: Canvas LMS (Instructure), PowerSchool SIS with PowerTeacher gradebooks, HMH curriculum, Follett Destiny library management, Frontline Absent Management for staff, Wen-Gage (Sylogist) for employee information, and IncidentIQ for IT service requests. The web and parent engagement layer runs on the Apptegy Thrillshare CMS with dedicated iOS and Android applications, and the district maintains FERPA compliance.

Its business model is government-funded rather than revenue-generating: operating capital flows from Oklahoma state aid formula, local property tax revenue, and federal program grants, with no tuition or fees for core educational services. Student enrollment is geographically assigned via attendance zones with a formal transfer application process (including military-family provisions and capacity-based approvals). Community linkages with Southwestern Oklahoma State University, the Stafford Air & Space Museum, the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce, and local media outlets (Weatherford Daily News, Coyote TV 95.5 FM) position the district as a civic anchor in western Oklahoma.

Name

Weatherford Public Schools

Legal name

Weatherford Public Schools

Website

https://wpsok.org

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Weatherford Public Schools is a government-funded PK-12 public school district in Weatherford, Oklahoma, operating seven schools and supplementary programs (athletics, food services, special education, transportation) for resident students and their families under elected school board governance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district services
• Special education programs
• Student transportation services
• School nutrition services

Headquarters

HQ city

Weatherford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Weatherford Public Schools operates a unified PK-12 public school district in Weatherford, Oklahoma, delivering free, federally compliant public education across seven schools from early childhood through 12th grade. Beyond core academics, the district provides athletics, food services (with free/reduced lunch), special education, health services, transportation, federal programs (Title I/II), Strong Readers literacy, Native American education, and McKinney-Vento homeless student support. Services are funded by state and local tax revenues and federal education grants, with no tuition charged for core instruction.

Product overview

Weatherford Public Schools is a unified public school district consisting of seven schools (one high school, one middle school, two intermediate/elementary schools, one elementary school, and one early childhood center) serving Weatherford, Oklahoma. The district offers a comprehensive portfolio of educational services including core academic instruction, athletics, food services, special education, health services, transportation, and federal programs. The district operates its web presence through the Apptegy platform and utilizes various third-party educational technology systems including PowerSchool (student information), HMH (curriculum), and Follett Destiny (library management).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PK-12 Public Education (K-12 Instruction)
• Special Education Services Comprehensive special education services for students with disabilities, compliant with IDEA and Section 504, including the Child Find program, administered by the Special Services Office.
• Athletics Program District athletics department providing sports programs for middle and high school students.
• Food Services Department School meal services providing breakfast and lunch programs, including a free and reduced lunch program, with online payment available through MySchoolBucks and menu listings on myschoolmenus.com.
• Health Services Department School health services including medical care, health screenings, and wellness programs for district students.
• Transportation Department School bus transportation services for district students.
• Federal Programs Administration of federal education programs including Title I, Title II, and other grants supporting district students.
• Strong Readers Program Literacy enrichment program supporting student reading development.
• Native American Education Program Educational support services for Native American students with cultural enrichment programs.
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program Support services for homeless students as required by the McKinney-Vento Act, ensuring educational access and stability.
• Technology Department Services District technology support function handling technology requests and Purchasing Advisory Committee (PAC) requests, supported by the IncidentIQ technology request management platform.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• El Reno Public Schools: Mid-sized Oklahoma public K-12 district in a comparable small-to-mid city west of Oklahoma City. Operates multiple school sites with similar program mix including special education, athletics, and federal programs — making it a directly comparable peer in scale, geography, and funding model.
• Altus Public Schools: Southwestern Oklahoma K-12 district of similar size and rural-community profile. Operates a multi-campus PK-12 structure with comparable special education, athletics, and federal program offerings.
• Clinton Public Schools: Western Oklahoma public school district of similar size to Weatherford. Serves a comparable rural-to-small-city catchment with a multi-campus PK-12 structure and similar reliance on state funding and federal programs.
• Woodward Public Schools: Western Oklahoma K-12 public district of comparable size and structure. Operates multiple campuses with federal programs, special education, and athletics — directly comparable in funding model and operational scope.
• Chickasha Public Schools: Central Oklahoma public K-12 district serving a similar small-city population with comparable program breadth. Faces the same state funding dynamics and rural-Oklahoma enrollment pressures as Weatherford.
• Elk City Public Schools: Western Oklahoma K-12 district in a town of similar population to Weatherford. Operates a multi-school structure with overlapping programs (special education, athletics, federal programs) and the same state funding environment.
• Anadarko Public Schools: Central Oklahoma K-12 district of similar scale. Like Weatherford, it serves a diverse student population with federal programs (including Native American education through the Anadarko area) and operates under the same Oklahoma funding formula.

Regional players

• Yukon Public Schools: Oklahoma City metro-area K-12 district operating under the same state education framework. Larger than Weatherford but offers a benchmark for how similar Oklahoma districts scale programming, ed-tech adoption, and federal compliance.
• Mustang Public Schools: Larger but geographically close Oklahoma K-12 district near Oklahoma City. Operates a multi-school PK-12 structure under the same state funding model — useful as a comparable on operational scale, though its metro-adjacent catchment differs in demographic profile.
• Enid Public Schools: Larger north-central Oklahoma K-12 district operating under identical state funding rules. Provides a peer reference point for how a multi-school Oklahoma district handles special education, federal programs, and community partnerships at greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wpsok
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weatherford-high-school-38

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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