Editing Comanche County, Oklahoma (section)

==Education==
===K-12 education===
The following K-12 school districts include parts of the county.<ref name=SDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40031_comanche/DC20SD_C40031.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Comanche County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-21}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40031_comanche/DC20SD_C40031_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
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* [[Boone-Apache Public Schools]]
* [[Cache Public Schools]]
* [[Cement Public Schools]]
* [[Central High Public Schools]]
* [[Chattanooga Public Schools]]
* [[Cyril Public Schools]]
* [[Elgin Public Schools]]
* [[Empire Public Schools]]
* [[Fletcher Public Schools]]
* [[Geronimo Public Schools]]
* [[Indiahoma Public Schools]]
* [[Lawton Public Schools]]
* [[Mountain View-Gotebo Schools]]
* [[Snyder Public Schools]]
* [[Sterling Public Schools]]
* [[Walters Public Schools]]
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Elementary only districts include [[Bishop Public School]] and [[Flower Mound Public School]].<ref name=SDmap2020/> Residents of the Bishop and Flower Mound districts go to Lawton Public Schools for middle and high school grades.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com:443/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1169935/_Secondary_School_Boundary_Map.pdf|title=LPS Middle and High School Boundaries|publisher=[[Lawton Public Schools]]|access-date=2024-12-21}} - [https://www.lawtonps.org/documents/families/parents/school-boundary-maps/198465 Linked from here]</ref>

The largest school district is Lawton Public Schools which had 16,398 in 2009. The district operates two pre-kindergarten centers, twenty-six elementary schools, four middle schools, and three high schools – [[Eisenhower High School (Lawton, Oklahoma)|Eisenhower]], [[Lawton High School|Lawton]], and [[MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma)|MacArthur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawtonps.org/Schools/|author=Lawton Public Schools|title=Schools|access-date=May 30, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021217061659/http://www.lawtonps.org/schools/|archive-date=December 17, 2002}}</ref> Other major school districts in the area include [[Cache Public Schools]] and [[Elgin Public Schools]]. Cache Public Schools had an enrollment of 1,648 and consists of five schools.<ref name="publicschools">{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_list.asp?Search=1&details=1&InstName=&DistrictID=&Address=&City=&State=40&Zip=&Miles=&County=comanche&PhoneAreaCode=&Phone=&DistrictType=1&DistrictType=2&DistrictType=3&DistrictType=4&DistrictType=5&DistrictType=6&DistrictType=7&NumOfStudents=&NumOfStudentsRange=more&NumOfSchools=&NumOfSchoolsRange=more|author=National Center for Education Statistics|title=search for public school districts|access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cache.k12.ok.us/index.php?pageID=584&|author=Cache Public Schools|title=School Sites|access-date=September 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911134912/http://www.cache.k12.ok.us/index.php?pageID=584&|archive-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> Elgin Public Schools had an enrollment of 16,98 and three schools.<ref name="publicschools" /> Other public school districts in the region include, Bishop Chattanooga, Fletcher, Flower Mound, Geronimo, Indiahoma, and Sterling.<ref name="publicschools" />

Comanche County includes several private schools.<ref name="privateschools">{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&State=40&County=comanche|author=National Center for Education Statistics |title=Search for Private Schools|access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> The largest is Lawton Christian School with an enrollment of 426 students in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lcscrusaders.com/about/index.cfm |author=Lawton Christian Schools |title=About Us |access-date=May 14, 2010 |archive-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504230822/http://www.lcscrusaders.com/about/index.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lawton Academy of Arts & Science offers classes from PK-12 and had an enrollment of 115.<ref name="privateschools" /> St. Mary's Catholic School offers classes for elementary and middle school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmaryslawtonok.com/about_us |author=St. Mary's Catholic School of Lawton |title=Home |access-date=April 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716144517/http://www.stmaryslawtonok.com/about_us |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> Trinity Christian Academy offers classes from K-3 through the 8th grade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcalawton.org/site/cpage.asp?cpage_id=180021118&sec_id=180001609 |title=Student Application |author=Trinity Christian Academy |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322080526/http://www.tcalawton.org/site/cpage.asp?cpage_id=180021118&sec_id=180001609 |archive-date=March 22, 2012 }}</ref>

===Tertiary education===
There is one university in Comanche County, [[Cameron University]]. Cameron is the largest four year, state-funded [[university]], in southwest Oklahoma, offering more than 50 degree programs in areas of Business, Education, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cameron.edu/academic |author=Cameron University |title=Academic Information |access-date=May 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527130228/http://www.cameron.edu/academic/ |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref> Founded in 1909, Cameron has an average fall enrollment of 6,000 students with 70 endowed faculty positions.<ref name="CU Facts">{{cite web |url=http://www.cameron.edu/fastfacts |author=Cameron University |title=CU Fast Facts |access-date=April 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828191237/https://www.cameron.edu/fastfacts |archive-date=August 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Comanche County is also served by the [[Great Plains Technology Center]], which is part of the [[Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education]] System. Great Plains provides occupational education, training, and development opportunities to area residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatplains.edu/about/ |author=Great Plain Technology Center|title=About GPTC|access-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref>