OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY

Set in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of Bloomington Public Schools. It enrolls 435 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Bloomington Public Schools runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 10,442 students. OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY lists that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% multiracial, 13% Asian. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.9%; this one delivers 46.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Hennepin County shows median household earnings sit near $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

New Code Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.4%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY has edged down 10%, going from 481 students in 2018 to 435 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 22% to 15% over that span.

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