PAT HENRY ES

PAT HENRY ES is a mid-sized elementary campus in Lawton, Oklahoma, one of the schools within LAWTON. The school teaches 525 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 366.

LAWTON runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 13,642 students. PAT HENRY ES is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PAT HENRY ES shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 22% White, 16% multiracial, 6% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 93% of students at PAT HENRY ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Comanche County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Comanche County indicate median household income runs about $60,761, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Comanche County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,786 students), of which PAT HENRY ES is one.

The closest other public school is WHITTIER ES, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PAT HENRY ES.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PAT HENRY ES's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 525). The White share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 22% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for PAT HENRY ES typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.