Lawton, OK

Kids in Lawton

Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.

Public-school students: 21,755; NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
Pupil–teacher ratio: 16.2; 1,347 teachers across 14 districts and 51 schools.
Districts / schools: 14 / 51; Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.

Bedrooms you set: 1; A household this size usually wants a studio.
Childcare in this setup: $0; No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
Leftover with current kids: $2,319; After tax, rent and everything else.

Largest public school districts

The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Lawton metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.

District	City	Students	Schools	Pupil–teacher
LAWTON	Lawton	13,642	23	16.1
ELGIN	Elgin	2,534	3	17.9
CACHE	Cache	2,029	3	15.6
BISHOP	Lawton	647	1	19.6
WALTERS	Walters	588	3	13.6
FLETCHER	Fletcher	473	3	17.9
FLOWER MOUND	Lawton	353	1	19.3
GERONIMO	Geronimo	322	3	17.8
STERLING	Sterling	312	2	15.3
BIG PASTURE	Randlett	217	2	14.3
CHATTANOOGA	Chattanooga	207	2	12.3
INDIAHOMA	Indiahoma	172	2	10.1

LAWTON
Lawton
Students
13,642
Schools
23
Pupil–teacher
16.1
ELGIN
Elgin
Students
2,534
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
17.9
CACHE
Cache
Students
2,029
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
15.6
BISHOP
Lawton
Students
647
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
19.6
WALTERS
Walters
Students
588
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
13.6
FLETCHER
Fletcher
Students
473
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
17.9
FLOWER MOUND
Lawton
Students
353
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
19.3
GERONIMO
Geronimo
Students
322
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
17.8
STERLING
Sterling
Students
312
Schools
2
Pupil–teacher
15.3
BIG PASTURE
Randlett
Students
217
Schools
2
Pupil–teacher
14.3
CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga
Students
207
Schools
2
Pupil–teacher
12.3
INDIAHOMA
Indiahoma
Students
172
Schools
2
Pupil–teacher
10.1

Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.

Public schools by level

Primary: 30; Elementary grades
Middle: 8; Middle or junior high
High: 13; Secondary grades
Other: 0; K–12, ungraded, alternative

51 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.

Where the Lawton metro sits

Roughly the core of the Lawton, OK metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.

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If this were a family of four

Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Lawton would be $290 a month, with $1,033 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →

Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.