Lawton Public Schools is a public school district based in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States.
The district serves most of the city of Lawton, a small portion of Medicine Park, and surrounding rural areas in central Comanche County. Secondary students living in the dependent districts of Bishop and Flower Mound also attend Lawton Public Schools.
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