FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL

FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL, an one-room-style elementary campus in Garvin, Oklahoma, overseen by FOREST GROVE, serves 146 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.

FOREST GROVE is the operating authority for FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Native American, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, McCurtain County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McCurtain County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,929 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across McCurtain County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,370 students), FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IDABEL MS, roughly 6.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOREST GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL has shrank 13%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 146 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 39%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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