HUGH BISH ES

Located at 5611 Northwest Alan A Dale Lane, in Lawton, Oklahoma, HUGH BISH ES is a low-enrollment K-5 school that serves 276 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within LAWTON. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 366.

HUGH BISH ES is one of 23 schools operated by LAWTON, a district that educates 13,642 students overall.

On demographics, HUGH BISH ES shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 19% Black, 14% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Comanche County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HUGH BISH ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.3%; this one delivers 36.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Comanche County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,761 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Comanche County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,786 students), HUGH BISH ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CROSBY PARK ES, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HUGH BISH ES at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 23.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HUGH BISH ES has contracted 9%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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