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Oak Grove High School

9494 Oak Grove Pkwy, Bessemer, AL 35023 · (205) 379-5000 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Alabama public high schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools

Enrollment
777
High
DISTRICT 958 · STATE 682
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
311 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 612316%
Grade 79012%
Grade 810113%
Grade 911515%
Grade 1013317%
Grade 1111915%
Grade 129612%
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
71592%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
172%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
273%
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
142%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
41453%
Female
36347%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
44.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
15.5%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.

Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Oak Grove High School

Oak Grove High School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Oak Grove High School this school77740.0%29.9%
Holtville High School
Deatsville
55539.5%42.4%
Arab High School
Arab
73539.7%41.3%
Ranburne High School
Ranburne
52639.2%38.9%
Northside High School
Northport
53538.3%33.4%
Satsuma High School
Satsuma
72945.3%49.6%
Matched among Alabama high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Oak Grove High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Jefferson County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
29.9%#127 of 305#10 of 32
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
15.5%#181 of 305#12 of 32
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.7%#85 of 305#8 of 32
Enrollment
ranked largest first
777#92 of 319#17 of 33
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.5:1#231 of 307#27 of 32
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
15.1%#274 of 307#27 of 32
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
40.0%#255 of 317#24 of 33
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-1.1%#158 of 164#15 of 15
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
777
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,013
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-257774218.5:140% (311)
2023-247324117.9:152% (383)
2022-237444317.3:153% (397)
2020-217844119.1:143% (339)
2017-187864218.7:136% (286)
2015-168254817.2:133% (276)
2010-118716014.5:132% (283)
2000-017904417.9:124% (188)
1990-911,0135418.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Grove High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 1% (786 to 777); teachers unchanged (42 to 42).

About Oak Grove High School

Oak Grove High School runs as a mid-sized high school in Bessemer, Alabama. Students in grades 6 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 777 students.

Across its 55 schools, Jefferson County enrolls 35,444 students. Oak Grove High School is one of those schools.

Roughly 92% of students at Oak Grove High School are White. Enrollment also includes 3% Black and 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Jefferson County, the White share is about 48%. The diversity index for Oak Grove High School is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are 42 full-time-equivalent teachers at Oak Grove High School, giving a ratio of 18.5:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Alabama is 17.2:1. A total of 311 students, or 40%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County.

Among Alabama public high schools, Oak Grove High School outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

Schools in Alabama with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 54.9%. Oak Grove High School posts 29.9%, 24.9 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $66,388 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Jefferson County, 181 public schools serve about 97,401 students.

Oak Grove Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. By average proficiency, Oak Grove High School is 5th among 8 schools close by.

The federal government classifies Oak Grove High School's location as Rural: Distant.

Enrollment at Oak Grove High School was 784 in 2020-21 and 777 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.

The allk12 page for Oak Grove High School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.

Jefferson County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students

Quick facts

School name
Oak Grove High School
District
Jefferson County
Address
9494 Oak Grove Pkwy, Bessemer, AL 35023
Phone
(205) 379-5000
County
Jefferson County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
777
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
18.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
311 (40%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
010192000732
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Jefferson County
Other schools in Bessemer
Other Oak Grove High schools

5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Oak Grove High. Oak Grove High School is the 4th largest of the 6.

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Frequently asked questions

About Oak Grove High School
What is the total enrollment at Oak Grove High School?
Oak Grove High School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Oak Grove High School serve?
Oak Grove High School serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Grove High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Grove High School is approximately 18.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oak Grove High School?
Student demographics at Oak Grove High School are roughly 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Grove High School?
Oak Grove High School is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
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