Oak Grove Elementary

Oak Grove Elementary is a K-5 school of expansive scale in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, operated by Lamar County School District, serveing 758 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Oak Grove Elementary sits 70% bigger than that benchmark.

Lamar County School District runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,318 students. Oak Grove Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Oak Grove Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Lamar County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lamar County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $70,909 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Lamar County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,318 students), Oak Grove Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oak Grove Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Grove Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 746 students in 2018 to 758 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 47% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Oak Grove Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.