Oak Grove Middle

Oak Grove Middle is an intermediate school of reasonably sized scale in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, overseen by Davidson County Schools, works with 727 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Oak Grove Middle sits 20% above that benchmark.

Oak Grove Middle is one of 35 schools operated by Davidson County Schools, a district that enrolls 17,936 students overall.

On demographics, Oak Grove Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Davidson County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Davidson County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oak Grove Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Davidson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $64,172, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Davidson County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students), of which Oak Grove Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Oak Grove High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Grove Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak Grove Middle at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Grove Middle has climbed 6%, going from 688 students in 2018 to 727 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 86% to 77%. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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