WASHINGTON ES

Located at 805 Northwest Columbia Avenue, in Lawton, Oklahoma, WASHINGTON ES is a tiny primary school that caters to 122 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of LAWTON. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

LAWTON comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,642 students; WASHINGTON ES is among them.

In terms of who attends, WASHINGTON ES records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 28%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 26% White, 20% multiracial, 16% Black, 10% Native American. By comparison, Comanche County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 30.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at WASHINGTON ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Comanche County's rate of about 67%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Comanche County put median household income runs about $60,761, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. WASHINGTON ES is one of 44 public schools in Comanche County (combined enrollment of about 20,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAWTON HS, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. WASHINGTON ES's enrollment has edged down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 211 (now 122). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 24% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 30.4:1 in 2025.

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