Stillwater Public Schools

Stillwater Public Schools
Location
314 South Lewis Street Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074 Payne County United States of America
District information
Type	Public, Primary, Secondary, Co-Educational
Grades	Elementary PK-5 Middle School 6-7 Junior High School 8-9 High School 10-12 /> Alternative Academy 9-12
Superintendent	Tyler Bridges
Schools	10 (Including one alternative academy)
Budget	$60,500,000
Students and staff
Students	6049 [1]
Teachers	425 [2]
Athletic conference	6A District
Other information
Website	www.stillwaterschools.com

The Stillwater Public School District is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The Stillwater school district has nine schools together with an alternative education program. ^[3]

The district is managed by the Superintendent Tyler Bridges, who works under the direction of a five-person board. ^[4]

The mascot of both the district and the high school is the Pioneers . ^[5]

Schools

High school

• Stillwater High School (Grades 10–12)

Middle school

• Stillwater Junior High School (Grades 8–9)
• Stillwater Middle School (Grades 6–7)

	Stillwater OSSAA Athletic Championships
	SPORT	TITLES	YEAR(S)
	Baseball	2	1957, 2014
	Boys Basketball	3	1923, 1959, 1960
	Girls Basketball	1	1926
	Boys Swimming	3	1973, 1974, 2014
	Girls Swimming	2	1998, 2015
	Girls Tennis	1	1982
	Boys Track and Field	1	1953
	Wrestling	12	1922, 1923, 1924, 1931, 1954, 1969, 1970, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
	Wrestling Dual	4	2015, 2022, 2023, 2025
	Total	29

Elementary schools

All elementary schools host grades pre-k through fifth grade.

• Highland Park Elementary School
• Richmond Elementary School
• Sangre Ridge Elementary School
• Skyline Elementary School
• Westwood Elementary School
• Will Rogers Elementary School

Alternative education

• Lincoln Academy

Shooting

On 26 September 2012, a student died by a self-inflicted gunshot at Stillwater Junior High School. ^[6]

Grade Reconfiguration Controversy

In March 2013, then Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine presented the school board with the possibility of reconfiguring the grades to move fifth grade to the middle school, seventh grade to the junior high, and move ninth grade to the high school. The district proposed these measures to assist with needed budgets cuts. Some parents opposed the reconfiguration and spending cuts, because the schedule change "would limit ...opportunities for concurrent enrollment" in a university town and "Teaching positions were being reduced instead of higher administration." ^[7]

The acting Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine modified the plan to change the schedule change at the high school after students started a #KeepTheBlock Facebook page and change.org petition generated support in the community. ^[8]

In November 2014, the Board voted to delay the reconfiguration due to needed building repairs and staffing concerns. ^[9] In July 2015, after the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Ann Caine, the board delayed the reconfiguration, due to concerns about academics and renovations. ^[10] Through 2015, the budget continued to be an issue, with the board making spending choices on repairs to athletics instead of funding the libraries and restoring funding that had been cut in previous budgetary crises. ^[11]

References

1. "OSDE School Report Cards". Oklahoma School Report Cards. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
2. "FY2015 Teacher Index" (PDF). Oklahoma State Department of Education.
3. "Schools". Stillwater Public Schools. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
4. "School Board Members". Stillwater Public Schools. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
5. "Stillwater Public Schools, District Profile 2010" (PDF). Stillwater Public Schools. Retrieved 15 June 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "School shooting leaves Stillwater stunned". NewsOK.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
7. "Stillwater Public Schools to make organization changes for budget". ocolly.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
8. "Stillwater high school to keep block schedule". ocolly.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
9. "Stillwater Board of Education delays grade reconfiguration". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
10. "Grade redo motion puzzles Board". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
11. "SPS moves forward with high school gym maintenance". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

• "Stillwater school board says expanded calendar coming - but not yet".
• "FOI Oklahoma: Stillwater school district won't disclose all members of committee that shaped school calendar policy". 16 December 2011.
• "FOI Oklahoma: Stillwater school superintendent acknowledges that committee members shouldn't expect to be anonymous". 18 February 2012.
• "Stillwater Journal January 19 Page 1". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
• "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
• "Stillwater Public Schools finishes Cimarron Plaza purchase".
• "Stillwater school district to buy land to expand".
• Keeping, Juliana (26 September 2012). "School shooting leaves Stillwater stunned". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
• "Stillwater schools OK budget".
• "Decline in state funding pinches school budgets".
• "Stillwater school panel recommends cuts".
• "Stillwater Public Schools Plans to Make Budget Cuts".
• "Stillwater Public Schools facing cuts".

External links

• Official website

• Oklahoma portal
• Schools portal

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