📍 601 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard, Lawton, Comanche County, 73507
Lawton Hs is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lawton, Comanche County. The school has 1,417 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lawton school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 111.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 57%. The school offers 7 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lawton Hs enrolls 1,417 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 111.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 427 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 374 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 304 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 196 | 14% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 82 | 5.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 20 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 14 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
895 of the school's 1,417 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lawton Hs is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-40, state senate district 32, state house district 64.
Lawton Hs is one of 23 schools in LAWTON, based in Lawton, Oklahoma. The district serves 13,642 students district-wide and employs 813 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,417 students, Lawton Hs is larger than the district average of about 593 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small