Oak Grove Primary School

Set in Prairieville, Louisiana, Oak Grove Primary School is a sprawling elementary-level community, run under Ascension Parish. It serves 725 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Oak Grove Primary School sits 60% bigger than that benchmark.

Oak Grove Primary School is one of 32 schools operated by Ascension Parish, a district that works with 23,743 students overall.

Demographically, Oak Grove Primary School logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Ascension Parish as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Oak Grove Primary School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Oak Grove Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Ascension Parish's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, Oak Grove Primary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.9%; this one delivers 72.7%, a residual of +17.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Ascension Parish) reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,549 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Oak Grove Primary School is one.

Bullion Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oak Grove Primary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Grove Primary School has declined 26%, going from 983 students in 2018 to 725 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 75% to 64%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.