OAK GROVE HIGH

OAK GROVE HIGH is a mid-tier high school in OAK GROVE, Missouri, operated by OAK GROVE R-VI. The school instructs 604 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 501.

OAK GROVE R-VI comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,853 students; OAK GROVE HIGH is among them.

In terms of who attends, OAK GROVE HIGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OAK GROVE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which OAK GROVE HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is OAK GROVE ELEM., roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK GROVE HIGH ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OAK GROVE HIGH has declined 4%, going from 629 students in 2018 to 604 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the OAK GROVE HIGH community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.