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Enrollment
727
Middle
DISTRICT 643 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIDSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370114003251
Oak Grove Middle
1771 Hoy Long Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27107 · (336) 474-8250 · Davidson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
301 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 231 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 246 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 250 | 34% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
59.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Oak Grove Middle
Oak Grove Middle's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Middle this school | 727 | 41.4% | 62.2% |
| North Davidson Middle Lexington | 706 | 45.0% | 68.0% |
| East Lincoln Middle Iron Station | 738 | 37.8% | 61.9% |
| Rugby Middle Hendersonville | 849 | 39.6% | 69.2% |
| M C S Noble Middle Wilmington | 690 | 38.3% | 64.9% |
| Belmont Middle Belmont | 770 | 42.2% | 65.3% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oak Grove Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #106 of 463 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #104 of 461 | #2 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #111 of 463 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #144 of 478 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #392 of 456 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #413 of 456 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #405 of 472 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #90 of 143 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
727
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 727 | 39.6 | 18.4:1 | 41% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 41.4 | 17.4:1 | 41% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 727 | 43 | 16.9:1 | 37% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 21% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 688 | 41.6 | 16.5:1 | 28% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 35% (252) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Grove Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (688 to 727); teachers down 5% (41.6 to 39.6).
About Oak Grove Middle
Oak Grove Middle is a mid-sized middle school with an address in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Enrollment stands at 727 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 20% above the 605-student average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Oak Grove Middle is one of 35 schools in Davidson County Schools, which enrolls 17,936 students in total.
About 77% of the student body at Oak Grove Middle is White. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Davidson County residents are about 78% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
Its ratio of 18.4:1 is based on 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Lunch program data show 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Davidson County report 76%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Oak Grove Middle outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Oak Grove Middle's results are 4.0 points below predicted: 62.2% against 66.2%.
In the wider Davidson County area, the median household earns about $64,172 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Oak Grove Middle shares Davidson County with 48 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Oak Grove High is about 0.2 miles from Oak Grove Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Oak Grove Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Oak Grove Middle in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
In 2020-21, Oak Grove Middle enrolled 734; in 2024-25, 727. Students per teacher increased from 16.7 in 2020-21 to 18.4 in 2024-25.
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Davidson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
172,954
Census ACS
Median income
$64,172
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
23,696 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davidson County Schools
- Oak Grove HighHigh · 992 students
- North Davidson HighHigh · 935 students
- Central Davidson HighHigh · 897 students
- Ledford Senior HighHigh · 776 students
- West Davidson HighHigh · 740 students
- Wallburg ElementaryElementary · 717 students
Other schools in Winston-Salem
- Atkins Academic & Tech HighHigh · 1,187 students
- Clemmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- Oak Grove HighHigh · 992 students
- Meadowlark MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 808 students
Other Oak Grove Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Oak Grove Middle. Oak Grove Middle is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolHattiesburg, MS · 1,160 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 724 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLEBLOOMINGTON, MN · 711 students
- Oak Grove MiddleConcord, CA · 681 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLPARAGOULD, AR · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Grove High0.2 mi · 992
- Friendship Elementary1.9 mi · 470
- Ledford Senior High2.3 mi · 776
- Ledford Middle2.6 mi · 651
- Midway Elementary2.8 mi · 546
- North Davidson Middle4.6 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Grove MiddleHow many students attend Oak Grove Middle?
Oak Grove Middle enrolls approximately 727 students in grades 06-08.
Is Oak Grove Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Grove Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Oak Grove Middle have?
Oak Grove Middle employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Oak Grove Middle?
Student demographics at Oak Grove Middle are roughly 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Oak Grove Middle in?
Oak Grove Middle is part of Davidson County Schools.
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