Oak Grove High School

Set in Oak Grove, Louisiana, Oak Grove High School is a low-enrollment senior high, run under West Carroll Parish. It works with 500 students across grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 30% below typical.

West Carroll Parish runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,483 students. Oak Grove High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Oak Grove High School lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Oak Grove High School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at Oak Grove High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Oak Grove High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for West Carroll Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $49,134, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, West Carroll Parish runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,483 students), of which Oak Grove High School is one.

Oak Grove Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Grove High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 29.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oak Grove High School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 500). White enrollment moved from 78% to 73% across the same window.

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