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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000482
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15640 NE 8TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33162 · (305) 945-1511 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Florida 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.
- CBeats 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
359 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 77 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
39.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
40.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 47.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 SCHOOL
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 543 | 66.1% | 43.9% |
| MORROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LAUDERDALE | 512 | 65.4% | 43.9% |
| NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 536 | 66.6% | 41.4% |
| LINDA LENTIN K-8 CENTER NORTH MIAMI BEACH | 594 | 67.2% | 53.1% |
| NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LAUDERDALE | 605 | 66.8% | 45.6% |
| ARCHCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 450 | 65.1% | 53.4% |
Matched among Florida 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 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,645 of 2,136 | #228 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,911 of 2,149 ▼ 386 | #267 of 279 ▼ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,786 of 2,149 ▼ 171 | #246 of 279 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #1,258 of 2,267 | #127 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,578 of 2,077 | #182 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #1,879 of 2,108 | #115 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #634 of 2,188 | #77 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #1,136 of 1,374 | #170 of 185 |
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
543
+38 (+8%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,010
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 543 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 66% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 71% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 80% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 93% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 90% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 94% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 89% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 1,076 | 62 | 17.4:1 | 92% (993) |
| 1990-91 | 1,010 | 46 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In MIAMI, Florida, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 543 students in pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE is the district for OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
A large majority of enrollment at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black, at 84%. Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic. Miami-Dade County's residents are about 15% Black, 69 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
A staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.5:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. By family income, 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 48.0%. It scores 43.9%, 4.2 points below that figure.
The school's county is Miami-Dade County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
About 0.7 miles separate OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 43.9% versus a 47.6% average.
Federal data place OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.5:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
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Other Oak Grove Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 20 states are named Oak Grove Elementary. OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 11th largest of the 34.
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 832 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolLibertyville, IL · 911 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 758 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryVisalia, CA · 756 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryLexington, SC · 691 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 430
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,052
- GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM0.9 mi · 476
- NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH0.9 mi · 1,075
- LINDA LENTIN K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 594
- C. G. BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 84% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.