OAK GROVE MIDDLE

Set in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, OAK GROVE MIDDLE is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Bloomington Public Schools. It serves 711 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 44% above the state mean of about 495.

OAK GROVE MIDDLE is one of 22 schools operated by Bloomington Public Schools, a district that instructs 10,442 students overall.

In terms of who attends, OAK GROVE MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 38% 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 MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 37.2%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Hennepin County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which OAK GROVE MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is New Code Academy High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK GROVE MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 780 students in 2018 compared to 711 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 49% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.