Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The Oklahoma City Public School District struggles when evaluated by standardized ranking sites like niche.com on which it receives a "C" for performance.

Parents and teachers in the area put the fault for the district struggles at the hands of poor funding and young teachers fleeing the state for reasons of ultra-conservative pressures on school curriculums and teaching models. True or not the point of view exists and drives a cycle of declining performance. There are better-performing schools including:
-Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics receives an ["A+" on niche.com(https://www.niche.com/k12/oklahoma-school-of-science-and-mathematics-oklahoma-city-ok/) and is particularly celebrated for the quality of Academics, College Prep, and Teachers.
-Harding Charter Preparatory High School is another high flier in OKC that receives an "A+" on niche.com. Harding is a public charter that focuses on preparing students for college. This means requiring students to take AP classes and has a rigorous workload intended to mirror what is required at the college level.

OKC also has several private school options including Casady School, the #1 ranked school in Oklahoma, and Heritage Hall, the #4 highest-ranked private school in the state.

While the public schools in OKC are a struggle, families make it work by either, landing one of the coveted spots at the best magnet/charter options, footing the bill for private, or moving to the burbs if unsatisfied with the options in the city.

We hate to put the rational in front of the emotional in such a vibrant city but it is seriously hard to ignore the fact that OKC is the #1 city in the country for the ratio of high salaries to low cost of living. If you want to make a good living and have more of it to spend or save, OKC is your joint. The cool part of it all is that not only will you have that extra $$$ but this city has so much going on you’ll get to enjoy the experience while you’re saving. That’s a tough combo to pass up.

One_Preference6619
Living in OKC
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I think okc is a great city. The best part abt it, is it's growing rapidly rn. This is the perfect time to get situated be4 prices skyrocket even more then they have recently. It's on the verge of exploding: it just became the 20th biggest city in the US, we're getting a new arena, many buildings r being planned for here, the thunder r doing better than ever, we have hidden gems of restaurants. It isn't dallas level yet, but I think it will be very soon. That's why I think while right now you'd probably enjoy dallas more, okc is building for the very bright future currently.

Paseo is a good choice if u wanna live near clubs/nightlife and close to downtown and wanna be in a good area. If u wanna be in a currently gentrifying area that will be worth alot more pretty soon, I'd recommend plaza district as someone else mentioned (metro park I believe they said). It's not a war zone or anything, just an older part of town that has my favorite district in the city personally.

As someone who's lived in almost every section considered the "hood", ppl avoid south of the river generally, and the east around the capitol. Ppl also see del city as a warzone, but as someone who grew up there it isn't too terrible as long as u avoid the apartments there. Renters rights r terrible here, so don't rent cheap. Trust me, this is rule #1 (prob for any city rlly).

I hope you choose to live in our city. I've lived in dallas and am the same age as u and ur friends and prefer okc for the friendlier ppl/smaller community feel. Good luck my friend

For more reviews of what living in Oklahoma City is like from locals check out: The Reviews.