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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280246000477
Oak Park Elementary School
1205 Oak Park Avenue, LAUREL, MS 39440 · (601) 428-5046 · Jones County
GRADES PK–01ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
405 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 | 59 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 186 | 46% |
| Grade 1 | 160 | 40% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Laurel School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 12.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Park Elementary School
Oak Park Elementary School's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Elementary School this school | 405 | 100.0% | 19.0% |
| McNeal Elementary School Canton | 385 | 100.0% | 45.3% |
| Spann Elementary School Jackson | 433 | 100.0% | 46.2% |
| Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary Canton | 366 | 99.7% | 47.9% |
| Nora Davis Elementary Laurel | 519 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Bates Elementary School Jackson | 482 | 99.4% | 23.7% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jones County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #425 of 428 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #410 of 439 ▲ 17 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #431 of 439 ▼ 4 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #217 of 453 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #391 of 408 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #259 of 409 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #78 of 444 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #53 of 296 | N/A |
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
405
-74 (-15%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 405 | 21.1 | 19.2:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 35.9 | 11.9:1 | 100% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 29.9 | 16.1:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 100% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 29.2 | 19.4:1 | 100% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 100% (576) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 96% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 87% (540) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park Elementary School.
About Oak Park Elementary School
Oak Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Mississippi, with an address in LAUREL. The latest federal count shows 405 students in pre-K through 1.
Laurel School District has 2,620 students spread across 6 schools.
Oak Park Elementary School is 79% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Jones County, the Black share is about 29%. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.2:1, with 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Oak Park Elementary School is 100%. The average for public schools in Jones County is 76%.
Oak Park Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Oak Park Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 25.1 points. The model expects 44.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Mississippi; the school's rate is 19.0%.
Census estimates describe Jones County this way: the median household income is $52,216, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. In all, Jones County has 20 public schools and roughly 11,313 students.
Nearest public school: Laurel Upper Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Oak Park Elementary School's average proficiency of 19.0% compares with 49.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Oak Park Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 74 students since 2020-21, to 405. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.5:1 to 19.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Oak Park Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Jones County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,472
Census ACS
Median income
$52,216
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
11,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laurel School District
- Laurel High SchoolHigh · 732 students
- Nora Davis ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle · 388 students
- Laurel Magnet School Of The ArtsElementary · 323 students
- Laurel Upper ElementaryMiddle · 253 students
- LAUREL EDUCATION CENTERCombined
Other schools in LAUREL
- West Jones High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- West Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,114 students
- Northeast Jones High SchoolHigh · 938 students
- North Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 854 students
- East Jones ElementaryElementary · 794 students
- Laurel High SchoolHigh · 732 students
Other Oak Park Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Park Elementary. Oak Park Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 11.
- Oak Park ElementaryOcean Springs, MS · 467 students
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 678 students
- Oak Park ElementarySan Diego, CA · 545 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolLansdale, PA · 526 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolDecatur, AL · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Laurel Upper Elementary0.7 mi · 253
- Laurel Middle School0.8 mi · 388
- Laurel High School2.1 mi · 732
- Laurel Magnet School Of The Arts2.2 mi · 323
- Glade Elementary2.4 mi · 423
- Nora Davis Elementary2.5 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-01.
Is Oak Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-01.
How many teachers does Oak Park Elementary School have?
Oak Park Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Oak Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Oak Park Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 16% Hispanic, 79% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Oak Park Elementary School in?
Oak Park Elementary School is part of Laurel School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.