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Enrollment
447
Middle
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050001701296
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
5097 HWY. 135 N., PARAGOULD, AR 72450 · (870) 240-2241 · Greene County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Arkansas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 Arkansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
447 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 221 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 226 | 51% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 61% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
23.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 29.5% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 447 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL TRUMANN | 418 | 100.0% | 22.0% |
| PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH PARAGOULD | 512 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| CLINTON JR HIGH SCHOOL CLINTON | 317 | 100.0% | 48.4% |
| BOONEVILLE JR HIGH SCHOOL BOONEVILLE | 299 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL LAMAR | 294 | 99.0% | 34.8% |
Matched among Arkansas middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #149 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #114 of 208 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #161 of 208 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #104 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #179 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #104 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #92 of 114 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
447
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 23.9 | 18.7:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 26.7 | 18.9:1 | 100% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 29.7 | 17.2:1 | 100% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 100% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 29.9 | 15.8:1 | 36% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 69% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 67% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 21 | 19.0:1 | 50% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 30 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of PARAGOULD, Arkansas. Students in grades 5 through 6 attend, and enrollment is 447 students.
The district, PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 3,166 students enrolled across 7 schools.
By race and ethnicity, OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 74% White. It is also 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of Greene County is roughly 89% White. OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 18.7 students per teacher and 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. That rate is above the 73% average among public schools in Greene County.
The allk12 Grade for OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Arkansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Arkansas, OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.0% actual against a predicted 22.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Greene County, median household income is about $57,839, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 15 public schools in Greene County.
The nearest public school is OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 29.0% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 447 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 483.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,432
Census ACS
Median income
$57,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,364 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 881 students
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 512 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
- WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 233 students
- BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
Other schools in PARAGOULD
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 881 students
- GREENE CTY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 760 students
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 521 students
Other Oak Grove Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Oak Grove Middle. OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolHattiesburg, MS · 1,160 students
- Oak Grove MiddleWinston-Salem, NC · 727 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 724 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLEBLOOMINGTON, MN · 711 students
- Oak Grove MiddleConcord, CA · 681 students
Nearby schools
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 270
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 602
- PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH4.4 mi · 512
- GREENE CTY TECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 501
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 881
- GREENE CTY TECH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL4.4 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 447 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.