MACARTHUR MS

MACARTHUR MS operates as a roomy middle-grades school in Lawton, Oklahoma, run under LAWTON. Current enrollment sits at 829 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 114% larger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

Across the 23 schools in LAWTON (13,642 students total), MACARTHUR MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MACARTHUR MS reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 15% Black, 5% Native American. By comparison, Comanche County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MACARTHUR MS has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.7:1, putting MACARTHUR MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at MACARTHUR MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MACARTHUR MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Comanche County) logs that median household income runs about $60,761, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Comanche County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,786 students), of which MACARTHUR MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: MACARTHUR HS, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MACARTHUR MS at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 729 students in 2018 compared to 829 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 20% to 15% across the same window.

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