OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school, operated by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 455 students across grades K through 6.

WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 10,199 students; OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 62.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dutchess County indicate median household income runs about $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Dutchess County (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students).

Nearest neighbor: NASSAU SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 65.2%.

OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 67% to 57%.

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