Oak Grove Central Elementary School

Oak Grove Central Elementary School is one of the sizable elementary campuss in Hernando, Mississippi, operated by DeSoto County School District, with 744 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 5. That puts it 67% above the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

DeSoto County School District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 34,934 students. Oak Grove Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Oak Grove Central Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, DeSoto County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Oak Grove Central Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 31% of students at Oak Grove Central Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DeSoto County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for DeSoto County shows median household income runs about $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Oak Grove Central Elementary School is one of 43 public schools in DeSoto County (combined enrollment of about 34,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hernando Elementary School, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Oak Grove Central Elementary School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 16%: 644 students in 2018 compared to 744 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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