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Enrollment
647
Elementary
STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BISHOP·NCES 400447000146
Bishop Public School
2204 Southwest Bishop Road, Lawton, OK 73505 · (580) 353-4870 · Comanche County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
441 students
STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 87 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 159% larger than its 7th grade class (34).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.5%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
41.7%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Oklahoma schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oklahoma's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bishop Public School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Public School this school | 647 | 68.2% | 39.6% |
| Del City Elementary School Del City | 500 | 68.8% | N/A |
| Epperly Heights Elementary School Del City | 651 | 73.6% | N/A |
| Townsend Elementary School Del City | 433 | 61.9% | N/A |
| Midwest City Elementary School Midwest City | 781 | 63.3% | N/A |
| Ida Freeman Elementary School Edmond | 429 | 70.6% | N/A |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bishop Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Comanche County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #199 of 555 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #200 of 651 | #5 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #191 of 523 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #64 of 941 | #4 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #665 of 708 | #21 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #32 of 708 | #8 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #511 of 876 | #18 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #53 of 164 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
647
+155 (+32%) vs 2020
+276% since 1990-91, when it was 172
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 647 | 33.1 | 19.6:1 | 68% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 29.5 | 19.2:1 | 70% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 27 | 21.1:1 | 65% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 62% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 28 | 20.3:1 | 65% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 63% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 60% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 18 | 20.9:1 | 64% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 172 | 12 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bishop Public School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (569 to 647); teachers up 18% (28 to 33.1).
About Bishop Public School
A high-enrollment elementary school in Lawton, Oklahoma, Bishop Public School is part of BISHOP. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 647 students. That puts enrollment 77% bigger than the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
Bishop Public School falls under BISHOP.
At Bishop Public School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 32%. Smaller groups are 23% Black, 22% White, 17% multiracial, and 4% Native American. County-wide, 15% of Comanche County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bishop Public School is 19.6:1, based on 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Comanche County is close, at 67%.
Bishop Public School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bishop Public School falls in the middle 80% of Oklahoma schools: 39.6% actual against 32.2% predicted.
For the population of Comanche County, median household income comes to about $60,761, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Comanche County counts 44 public schools with about 20,786 students.
Bishop Public School's nearest public school is Cleveland Elementary School (about 1.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment increased 32% over 4 years, reaching 647 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.2:1 to 19.6:1.
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Comanche County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,825
Census ACS
Median income
$60,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawton
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,251 students
- Lawton High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 955 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Elementary School1.3 mi · 319
- Comanche Academy Elementary School1.4 mi · 95
- Lincoln Elementary School1.9 mi · 337
- Washington Elementary School2.6 mi · 122
- Eisenhower Elementary School2.7 mi · 390
- Lawton High School2.8 mi · 1,243
Frequently asked questions
About Bishop Public SchoolHow many students attend Bishop Public School?
Bishop Public School enrolls approximately 647 students in grades PK-08.
Is Bishop Public School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bishop Public School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Bishop Public School?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Bishop Public School.
How diverse is Bishop Public School?
Bishop Public School reports a student body of 22% White, 32% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Bishop Public School in?
Bishop Public School is part of BISHOP.
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