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Enrollment
681
Middle
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637003962
Oak Grove Middle
2050 Minert Rd., Concord, CA 94518 · (925) 682-1843 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
599 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
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 6 | 209 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 229 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 243 | 36% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
8.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 18.0% | 24.2% | 52.6% |
| Math | 2.7% | 6.0% | 15.7% | 75.7% |
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 | 23.2% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 5.9% |
| 2022-23 | 17.5% | 8.3% |
| 2021-22 | 13.1% | 6.7% |
| 2020-21 | 19.5% | 8.1% |
| 2018-19 | 21.3% | 7.6% |
| 2017-18 | 19.0% | 5.7% |
| 2016-17 | 22.5% | 9.0% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 7.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Middle
Oak Grove Middle's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Middle this school | 681 | 88.0% | 13.9% |
| Cesar Chavez Junior High Ceres | 685 | 86.7% | 28.3% |
| Orangeview Junior High Anaheim | 612 | 88.9% | 25.4% |
| Buena Park Middle Buena Park | 633 | 91.0% | 25.9% |
| Columbus Tustin Middle Tustin | 583 | 85.6% | 37.4% |
| John A. Sutter Middle Canoga Park | 763 | 92.4% | 22.4% |
Matched among California 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 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,164 of 1,224 | #35 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #1,172 of 1,227 ▲ 25 | #38 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #1,123 of 1,227 ▲ 47 | #35 of 42 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #239 of 1,214 | #13 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #630 of 1,377 | #28 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #549 of 1,279 | #8 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #793 of 1,278 | #38 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #345 of 1,329 | #4 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #597 of 930 | #18 of 35 |
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
681
-67 (-9%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 860
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 681 | 33 | 20.6:1 | 88% (599) |
| 2023-24 | 692 | 30.5 | 22.7:1 | 88% (611) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 31 | 23.2:1 | 81% (586) |
| 2020-21 | 748 | 31 | 24.1:1 | 78% (585) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 35 | 22.1:1 | 91% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 92% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | N/A | N/A | 85% (491) |
| 2000-01 | 1,002 | 47 | 21.3:1 | 48% (482) |
| 1990-91 | 860 | 38 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Grove Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (773 to 681); teachers down 6% (35 to 33).
About Oak Grove Middle
Oak Grove Middle is a public middle school in Concord, California. Its enrollment is 681 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
Mt. Diablo Unified runs Oak Grove Middle along with 49 other schools, enrolling 29,210 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Oak Grove Middle is Hispanic: 75%. The next largest groups are 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 47 points above the 28% share among Contra Costa County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
Oak Grove Middle has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.6:1. That is in line with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 88% at Oak Grove Middle. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 28.0%. Oak Grove Middle scores 13.9%.
In the surrounding county, Contra Costa County, median household income comes to about $127,229, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 280 public schools and about 167,423 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Ygnacio Valley High, is the closest to Oak Grove Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oak Grove Middle. Its average proficiency rate of 13.9% is below the 35.0% average for nearby schools.
Oak Grove Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school's student count decreased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 20.6 students per teacher, compared with 24.1 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Oak Grove Middle is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Northgate HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Concord
- Clayton Valley Charter HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- El Dorado MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- Meadow Homes ElementaryElementary · 732 students
Other Oak Grove Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Oak Grove Middle. Oak Grove Middle is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Oak Grove MiddleJamul, CA · 215 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- Ygnacio Valley High0.5 mi · 1,059
- Bancroft Elementary0.7 mi · 672
- Ygnacio Valley Elementary0.8 mi · 387
- Contra Costa School of Performing Arts0.8 mi · 285
- Woodside Elementary0.9 mi · 289
- Fair Oaks Elementary1.0 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Grove MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Grove Middle?
Oak Grove Middle enrolls approximately 681 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Oak Grove Middle serve?
Oak Grove Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Oak Grove Middle?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Oak Grove Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Grove Middle?
At Oak Grove Middle, the student body is approximately 4% White, 75% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Oak Grove Middle in?
Oak Grove Middle is part of Mt. Diablo Unified.
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