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If you had an hour of school board time for Oak Grove Elementary, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURTON ELEMENTARY·NCES 060657008801
Oak Grove Elementary
1873 West Mulberry Ave., Porterville, CA 93257 · (559) 784-0310 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
343 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 62% · 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
Oak Grove Elementary→Burton Middle
Based on grade levels within Burton Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.7pp since 2014
Math
30.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.7% | 24.0% | 23.6% | 37.8% |
| Math | 9.3% | 21.3% | 28.4% | 40.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 24.4% |
| 2022-23 | 34.8% | 25.4% |
| 2021-22 | 36.4% | 17.6% |
| 2018-19 | 44.6% | 34.6% |
| 2017-18 | 45.1% | 34.9% |
| 2016-17 | 39.0% | 21.6% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 14.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for California 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 California'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 Elementary
Oak Grove Elementary's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elementary this school | 393 | 87.3% | 33.0% |
| Joel J. Hidahl Elementary Ceres | 393 | 86.0% | 24.9% |
| Taft Elementary Orange | 387 | 88.9% | 42.4% |
| Olivewood Elementary Lake Forest | 396 | 85.9% | 28.2% |
| Newman Elementary Chino | 427 | 87.6% | 32.4% |
| Del Rey Woods Elementary Seaside | 390 | 87.9% | 26.4% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,162 of 5,151 | #45 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #3,156 of 5,172 ▲ 530 | #47 of 102 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #3,077 of 5,172 ▼ 265 | #46 of 102 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #988 of 5,116 | #38 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #3,773 of 5,915 | #78 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,135 of 5,352 | #86 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #3,928 of 5,354 | #43 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #1,431 of 5,625 | #48 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #328 of 3,837 | #2 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
393
-103 (-21%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 393 | 16 | 24.6:1 | 87% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 17 | 24.8:1 | 86% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 18 | 24.0:1 | 80% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 82% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 81% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 82% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | N/A | N/A | 75% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 51% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 25 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (598 to 393); teachers down 30% (23 to 16).
About Oak Grove Elementary
Oak Grove Elementary sits in Porterville, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolled 393 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year.
District-wide, Burton Elementary has 7 schools and 4,805 students.
Most students at Oak Grove Elementary are Hispanic: 83% of enrollment. The remaining students are 6% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Tulare County is about 67% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Oak Grove Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
The school reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 24.6 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 87% of students. Among public schools in Tulare County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
The allk12 Grade for Oak Grove Elementary is B-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Oak Grove Elementary is 4.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
In Tulare County (population about 478,693), median household income is about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 196 public schools operate in Tulare County, serving about 101,494 students.
The shortest distance from Oak Grove Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Monache High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Oak Grove Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Oak Grove Elementary as Suburb: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 393, 21% below the 496 of 2020-21.
The Oak Grove Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burton Elementary
- Summit Charter AcademyCombined · 2,423 students
- Burton MiddleMiddle · 586 students
- William R. Buckley ElementaryElementary · 499 students
- Jim Maples AcademyElementary · 466 students
- Burton ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Burton Community DayMiddle · 1 students
Other schools in Porterville
- Summit Charter AcademyCombined · 2,423 students
- Porterville HighHigh · 2,125 students
- Monache HighHigh · 1,855 students
- Monarch River AcademyCombined · 1,338 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Santa Fe ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other Oak Grove Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 20 states are named Oak Grove Elementary. Oak Grove Elementary is the 26th largest of the 34.
- Oak Grove ElementaryVisalia, CA · 756 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryAliso Viejo, CA · 569 students
- Oak Grove ElementarySebastopol, CA · 91 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolLibertyville, IL · 911 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 832 students
Nearby schools
- Monache High0.5 mi · 1,855
- William R. Buckley Elementary0.8 mi · 499
- Burton Middle0.9 mi · 586
- Burton Elementary1.0 mi · 437
- Burton Community Day1.1 mi · 1
- Westfield Elementary1.1 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Grove ElementaryHow large is Oak Grove Elementary?
Oak Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Oak Grove Elementary serve?
Oak Grove Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Oak Grove Elementary?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at Oak Grove Elementary.
How diverse is Oak Grove Elementary?
Oak Grove Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 83% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Oak Grove Elementary in?
Oak Grove Elementary is part of Burton Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.