In 1946, a $17,000 bond passed. In 2002,
Burbank School District 20, the school district of
Burbank, Oklahoma, closed and dissolved. Shidler absorbed portions of the Burbank district, including the Burbank school building.
Tulsa World stated that the anticipated further outcome would that the Shidler district would give those to the municipal government in Burbank. In 2018, Enel Green Power funded some
STEM education-related initiatives in the district. In 2018, the student count was 250, and the district had school four days per week. The current middle-high (secondary) school building opened in 2021. ==Notable alumni==