Oak Park Elementary School

Set in LAUREL, Mississippi, Oak Park Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school, overseen by Laurel School District. It enrolls 405 students across grades pre-K through 1.

Laurel School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,620 students; Oak Park Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Oak Park Elementary School reports that Black students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder is composed of 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jones County (around 76%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Oak Park Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.1%; this one comes in at 19.0%, -25.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Jones County reports that median household income runs about $52,216, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Jones County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,313 students), of which Oak Park Elementary School is one.

Laurel Upper Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Oak Park Elementary School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Park Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Oak Park Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 29% since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 405). Black enrollment moved from 98% to 79% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.