OAK GROVE ELEM.

OAK GROVE ELEM. is a moderately sized elementary school in POPLAR BLUFF, Missouri, operated by POPLAR BLUFF R-I. The school works with 317 students in grades 1 through 3.

Within POPLAR BLUFF R-I, which oversees 9 schools and 4,899 students, OAK GROVE ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, OAK GROVE ELEM. records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Butler County put median household earnings sit near $49,089, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. OAK GROVE ELEM. is one of 20 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 6,435 students).

Nearest neighbor: POPLAR BLUFF HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OAK GROVE ELEM..

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. OAK GROVE ELEM.'s enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 311 (now 317).

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