📍 510 Northeast 45th Street, Lawton, Comanche County, 73507
Macarthur Ms is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lawton, Comanche County. The school has 865 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lawton school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Macarthur Ms enrolls 865 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 341 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 166 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 150 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 16% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 53 | 6.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 10 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 9 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
499 of the school's 865 students (58%) 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.
Macarthur Ms 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 31, state house district 64.
Macarthur Ms 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 865 students, Macarthur Ms 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