Editing Medicine Park, Oklahoma (section)

==Education==
The community is divided between two [[school districts]]: partially in [[Elgin Public Schools]], and partially in [[Lawton Public Schools]].<ref>{{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=January 21, 2024}}</ref> Zoned schools for residents of the Lawton school district are Pioneer Park Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com:443/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1169934/_Elementary_School_Boundary_Map.pdf|title=LPS Elementary School Boundaries|publisher=[[Lawton Public Schools]]|access-date=2024-12-21|quote=*Students living in the LPS area of Medicine Park[...]}} - [https://www.lawtonps.org/documents/families/parents/school-boundary-maps/198465 Linked from here]</ref> MacArthur Middle School, and [[MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma)|MacArthur High School]].<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|quote=*Students living in the LPS area of Medicine Park[...]}} - [https://www.lawtonps.org/documents/families/parents/school-boundary-maps/198465 Linked from here]</ref> The Elgin district's comprehensive high school is [[Elgin High School (Oklahoma)|Elgin High School]].

The [[Oklahoma Department of Education]] closed the Medicine Park School District in 1990 and split it between the Elgin and Lawton school districts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Killackey|first=Jim|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1990/07/27/state-divides-medicine-park-school-district/62557791007/|title=State Divides Medicine Park School District|newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]]|date=July 27, 1990|page=14}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/139298611/ Clipping] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>