Learning Tree Academy

A mid-sized elementary school in Lawton, Oklahoma, Learning Tree Academy is part of LAWTON. The school has 547 students in 2024-25 across pre-K. That compares with an average of about 366 students for elementary schools in Oklahoma.

Learning Tree Academy is one of the 23 schools that make up LAWTON (13,642 students in total).

The largest group at Learning Tree Academy is Hispanic students, at 29%. Smaller groups are 29% White, 20% Black, 18% multiracial, and 3% Native American. For comparison, the population of Comanche County is roughly 15% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Learning Tree Academy scores 76%.

For every teacher at Learning Tree Academy, there are about 18.0 students; the school has 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 79%. On average, public schools in Comanche County report 67%.

The county, Comanche County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $60,761, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 44 public schools and about 20,786 students.

Ridgecrest Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Learning Tree Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment records show 133 in 2020-21 and 547 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.2:1 to 18.0:1.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Learning Tree Academy. Members of the school community can share what they know.