Pat Henry Elementary School

Pat Henry Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Lawton, Oklahoma. A total of 525 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 366 students.

The LAWTON system has 23 schools and 13,642 students.

Pat Henry Elementary School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 30%. The remaining students are 25% Black, 22% White, 16% multiracial, and 6% Native American. Among people living in Comanche County, the Hispanic share is about 15%. Pick two students at random and there is a 77% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Its 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. The school's lunch program data list 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 67% average for public schools in Comanche County.

Census estimates describe Comanche County this way: the median household income is $60,761, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. In all, Comanche County has 44 public schools and roughly 20,786 students.

The shortest distance from Pat Henry Elementary School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Whittier Elementary 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.

Pat Henry Elementary School had 293 students in 2020-21 and 525 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The school's ratio rose from 10.1:1 to 15.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Pat Henry Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.