Putnam City West High School

Oklahoma City, OK 73127

Phone: (405) 787-1140
District: Putnam City School District

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GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 1959 students

Putnam City West High School, a public school located in Oklahoma City, OK, serves grades 9-12 in the Putnam City School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 1 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Putnam City West High School is a public school located in Oklahoma City, OK. 1959 students attend Putnam City West High School.

School Ratings

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Test Scores 2/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Oklahoma School Testing Program data from Oklahoma State Department of Education.
College Readiness 1/10 The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2023 Average ACT score data from Oklahoma State Department of Education, using 2024 4-year high school graduation rate data from Oklahoma State Department of Education, and using 2026 demographic data from Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Worrisome patterns of chronic student absenteeism have been identified.

Posted: April 8, 2026

THIS school is so garbage! The staff is almost always busy and if you have questions they take forever to reply. I am also upset because their college classes could be much better if they just do what U.S Grant does. I dislike the school but their concurrent enrollment was far better than PCW’s. Not only was their real college teachers there that explained things but also if you just passed the class with an A not only did it count as college credit but also it counted as a high school credit. (For example if you took language arts at U.S Grant for 11th grade and get an A you get the language arts credit for that year).

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Posted: March 11, 2026

I have had 3 students go to PCW. One 12 years ago, another 7 years ago and one currently going. This is the worst High School. Teachers are there for a paycheck, it is impossible to get anyone to answer the phone; I have actually had to leave work, drive 30 minutes to speak to someone at the school. I had a kid in athletics and she (14 years old) was left behind at an event. I have had to get a principle involved to get work from a teacher that my kids missed while being sick. And then this teacher graded it low because he was mad about it. The app they use to communicate with teachers; teachers don't use it or respond to you.
Please transfer to another school or do yourself a favor and do online.

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Posted: September 25, 2025

This is arguably to worst school district in OKC. The staff and “teachers” are incompetent to put it nicely.

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Posted: June 18, 2025

The 2 girls who punched my sister's head were not exexuted or arrested immediately by other students

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Posted: November 1, 2022

This school will NOT keep your child/children safe. When attacked and jumped by multiple students, my child was issued a 10 day suspension, handcuffed, and sent 13 miles away without my knowledge. Mind you, the kids that attacked her got THE SAME PUNISHMENT. My daughter did not know either of these girls. They decided to jump her based on a false rumor spread by another girl looking for sympathy. There was video footage of the assault and the faculty still punished my child because she should have walked away immediately instead of responding to the allegations they were throwing at her. She was surrounded by kids, pushed from all sides, then punched in the back of the head, held down, and repeatedly punched in the back of the head over and over again. I was initially excited for my girls to attend PC West. Now, I'm afraid to even send my other daughter back. Currently I am looking for a new school. They had absolutely NO empathy for what my child went through. This school is dangerous and the faculty is too lazy to control the animals that attend that school. Save your child the pain and suffering, find another school! This one is for animals ONLY!

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Posted: July 29, 2019

This school gives up on student who choose not to change their negative ways.

Posted: July 29, 2019

There are lots of instances where leadership simply doesn’t matter.

Posted: July 29, 2019

Struggling and poor performing students are pushed further and further towards the nadir of their academics.

Posted: July 29, 2019

Anti -bullying is preached but not much is truly done about these situations.

Posted: July 29, 2019

The school simply does not care for homework or the completion of it.

Posted: July 29, 2019

While there are some teachers who perform poorly, the majority are inspiring and wonderful people.

Posted: July 29, 2019

Disappointing and uninspiring, students constantly struggle, stress and under perform due to the environment they are taught in.

Posted: April 11, 2018

My experience at this school was amazing and encouraging.

Posted: April 11, 2018

They give you many ways to complete your work, and help you through it. Not only the teacher of that respective subject help you, but also the counselors pay close attention on how you doing and if you are understanding the things you being explained.

Posted: April 11, 2018

One of the best assets that this school has is their teachers. They are very supportive

Posted: April 11, 2018

It needs to improve, I see a lot of students with issues about the respect they have to other students and teachers.

Posted: April 11, 2018

I wish they told more about leaderships programs to freshmen and ESL students, but overall I can say their is great leadership, good activities and even a leadership retreat once a year.

Posted: April 11, 2018

Their programs work very effectively, I only see problems in students that are affected by exterior problems. Students that have big responsibilities outside school, they not sleeping good or don't have time to do their homework. All this ends up affecting their attention in class.

Posted: April 11, 2018

Bullying still a thing at Putnam City West, it's mostly between girls and its directly related to personal matters between students, the so called slut-shaming exists at this school.

Posted: February 19, 2018

The teachers will hang up on one child instead teaching

Posted: February 19, 2018

No respect at all they talk to the parents any way they want

Posted: February 19, 2018

They don't know how to teach the children

Posted: February 19, 2018

The teachers are the ones that are the bullies

Posted: February 19, 2018

I would rate this school a 0 stay away

Posted: June 20, 2016

As a former student and coach I would rate P.C. West as above average. The school faces many socioeconomic issues. As with many Oklahoma schools it often lacks the necessary funding and support. However, what makes P.C. West a good school is it is full of faculty that truly care for the students. These faculty are often the only support many of the students have in their lives. Overall the faculty does a great job of making due with the little resources it has. I am glad I went to P.C. West

Posted: November 9, 2013

Putnam City West is a fantastic neighborhood school. The climate there is one where students feel cared about and safe. both of my children recently graduated from the school and I would not have sent them anywhere else. the faculty really cares and the music department is second to none!

Reviews provided by GreatSchools

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