Oak Grove Elementary School

Oak Grove Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in MONTROSE, Colorado, overseen by Montrose County School District Re-1J, works with 374 students in grades K through 5.

Within Montrose County School District Re-1J, which oversees 15 schools and 5,977 students, Oak Grove Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Oak Grove Elementary School records that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montrose County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oak Grove Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montrose County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,120, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Montrose County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,237 students), of which Oak Grove Elementary School is one.

Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oak Grove Elementary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.3%.

Oak Grove Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.