Eisenhower High School (Lawton, Oklahoma)
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| Address | |
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5202 West Gore Boulevard Lawton, Oklahoma, Comanche County 73505 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Co-Educational, Public, Secondary |
| Established | 1962 |
| School district | Lawton Public Schools |
| Authority | OSDE |
| Principal | Charlotte Oates |
| Faculty | 89 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,549 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:17 |
| Color(s) |
Columbia Blue Red White |
| Athletics conference | 6A District 1 |
| Sports | Baseball, Basketball, Cheer, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Pom, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling |
| Mascot |
Bald eagle 
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| Rivals | Lawton High School & MacArthur High School |
| Average ACT scores | 20.8 |
| Newspaper | The Patriot |
| Yearbook | The Talon |
| Website | IKE Eagles |
Eisenhower Senior High School (EHS) is one of three public high schools and is located in west Lawton, Oklahoma. It was the second high school built in Lawton, Oklahoma in the early 1960s.
It is situated on a campus which contains Eisenhower Elementary, Eisenhower Middle School, 400 meter field and track zone, football and soccer fields, tennis courts, large parking areas, and other open areas.
Eisenhower High School is named after Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, who was the 34th President of the United States and supreme military commander of Allied forces in the European Theater during World War II.
Eisenhower High School opened in September 1962 housing 700 students in a building containing 48 rooms. In May 1964, an auditorium was completed; and in 1965, the northwest wing was completed, providing the school with an additional 45 rooms and housing a total of 1,900 students. In the 2003–2004 school year, EHS had 1,380 students and 112 faculty. Its library contains approximately 16,000 volumes, not including textbooks.
In 2006, construction began on a new wing that housed thirty classrooms, and in 2007, the courtyard was closed and a new cafeteria was built. The staff as of today locks all doors to the courtyard unless lunch is in session. As of the 2007-2008 school year, Eisenhower (commonly referred to by both its own students and the students of rival schools as IKE) has a student body of approximately 1400 students, a number that has increased greatly from the usual average of 1,100 due to freshmen being incorporated into the student body.
Eisenhower is also well known for academics. Eisenhower has represented the state of Oklahoma for ten years in the Academic Decathlon Nationals competition, having won the state competition for an entire decade. Students at Eisenhower go on to attend many of the most famous universities in the country, while many stay local to attend Cameron University in Lawton. Ike students also attend the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant or join the military, or the Lawton Public Schools itself.
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