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What's the one class at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY every student should take?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 270579000223
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY
1301 W 104TH ST, BLOOMINGTON, MN 55431 · (952) 681-6800 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
196 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 60% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
52.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY this school | 435 | 45.1% | 46.8% |
| CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 425 | 48.0% | 33.1% |
| Sun Path Elementary SHAKOPEE | 521 | 40.1% | 48.6% |
| Madison Elementary BLAINE | 369 | 44.7% | 56.1% |
| Eagle Creek Elementary School SHAKOPEE | 625 | 40.8% | 46.7% |
| OLSON ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 524 | 40.5% | 40.5% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #399 of 844 | #72 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #398 of 844 | #71 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #445 of 844 | #77 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #413 of 1,130 | #95 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #518 of 769 | #99 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #47 of 796 | #18 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #403 of 942 | #95 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #331 of 499 | #62 of 99 |
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
435
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 435 | 29.3 | 14.8:1 | 45% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 30.1 | 14.5:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 48% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 40% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 34.4 | 14.0:1 | 48% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 49% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 62% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 37% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 17 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (481 to 435); teachers down 15% (34.4 to 29.3).
About OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota. The school has 435 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is among 22 schools run by Bloomington Public Schools, which serves 10,442 students.
The largest group at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is White students, at 42%. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% multiracial, and 13% Asian. For comparison, the population of Hennepin County is roughly 66% White. The diversity index for OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 45% of students at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Hennepin County is close, at 43%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY would score about 40.9%. It scores 46.8%, 6.0 points above that figure.
The school is in Hennepin County, where median household income comes to about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Hennepin County counts 496 public schools with about 177,509 students.
Of the public schools around it, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is closest to New Code Academy High School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is 1st of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment increased 6% over 4 years, reaching 435 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomington Public Schools
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,684 students
- Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- OLSON MIDDLEMiddle · 762 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLEMiddle · 711 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 647 students
- OLSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 524 students
Other schools in BLOOMINGTON
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,684 students
- Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- OLSON MIDDLEMiddle · 762 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLEMiddle · 711 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 647 students
- BLUESKY CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 634 students
Other Oak Grove Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 20 states are named Oak Grove Elementary. OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is the 21st largest of the 34.
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolLibertyville, IL · 911 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 832 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 758 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryVisalia, CA · 756 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryLexington, SC · 691 students
Nearby schools
- New Code Academy High School0.1 mi · 88
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE0.1 mi · 711
- Compass Academy Secondary0.4 mi · 47
- Compass Academy0.4 mi · 245
- Beacon ALP1.3 mi · 183
- Kennedy High School1.3 mi · 1,578
Frequently asked questions
About OAK GROVE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY serve?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 42% White, 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY public or private?
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bloomington Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.