Oak Grove Elementary School

Located at 206 Tiger Drive, in Oak Grove, Louisiana, Oak Grove Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school that hosts 523 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under West Carroll Parish.

Oak Grove Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by West Carroll Parish, a district that teaches 1,483 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Oak Grove Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Oak Grove Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Oak Grove Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oak Grove Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for West Carroll Parish put median household income runs about $49,134, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across West Carroll Parish's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,483 students), Oak Grove Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Oak Grove High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Oak Grove Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Oak Grove Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.3%.

Oak Grove Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Grove Elementary School has expanded 24%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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