Lawton High School

Last updated
LHS
Address
Lawton High School
601 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard

,
73507

United States
Coordinates 34°37′02″N98°24′13″W / 34.617144°N 98.403671°W / 34.617144; -98.403671
Information
Type Co-Educational, Public, Secondary
Established1901
School district Lawton Public Schools
Teaching staff88.98 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,332 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.97 [1]
Color(s)  Black
  Scarlet
  White
Athletics conference6A Division 2 (Football) 6A (All other athletics)
Mascot Wolverine
Rivals Eisenhower High School & MacArthur High School
NewspaperThe Tatler
YearbookThe Lore
Website www.lhswolverines.org

Lawton High School (LHS) was the first high school built in Lawton, Oklahoma. It is a part of Lawton Public Schools.

Contents

Lawton High is located at 601 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard in Lawton, Oklahoma. The school was originally housed in a building on 800 Southwest 'C' Avenue, which later came to be the Central Junior High building until the junior high was also moved to 1201 Northwest Fort Sill Boulevard. The current Lawton High School was built in 1954.

On-post residents of Fort Sill are zoned to this high school. [2]

Athletics championships

Oklahoma 6A
  • Football: 2014 Runner Up, 2016 Runner Up
Oklahoma 5A
  • Football: 1987
  • Wrestling: 1989, 1992, 1993
  • Wrestling: National Champions 1993
Oklahoma 4A
  • Football: 1970
  • Boys Track: 1974, 1976
    • 110 Hurdles State Meet Record: 1980
Oklahoma 2A
  • Baseball: 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965
  • Boys Basketball: 1962
  • Football: 1962, 1963
  • Boys Track: 1960, 1961, 1962
Oklahoma A
  • Boys Tennis
    • Singles: 1966
  • Girls Tennis: 1958, 1959, 1962
    • Doubles: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
    • Singles: 1959, 1962
Oklahoma Class 1
  • Girls Basketball: 1928
  • Girls Golf: 1939

Notable alumni

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "Lawton HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. "LPS Middle and High School Boundaries" (PDF). Lawton Public Schools . Retrieved 2024-12-21. Students living on Ft. Sill attend CMS and LHS - Linked from here
  3. Hays Marable, Mary; Boylan, Elaine (1939). A Handbook of Oklahoma Writers. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 48.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Hersom, Bob (May 8, 2006). "Stinnett proud of pinstripes Ex-Lawton QB is backup for Yanks". The Oklahoman . Retrieved 26 May 2023.


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