GROVE ES

GROVE ES is an elementary school of sizable scale in Tulsa, Oklahoma, overseen by UNION, instructing 552 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% above the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

UNION comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 14,950 students; GROVE ES is among them.

On the student-mix side, GROVE ES lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 23% Black, 13% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at GROVE ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Tulsa County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, GROVE ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.9%, the actual is 21.5%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tulsa County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,009, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Tulsa County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), GROVE ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: UNION 6TH-7TH GRADE CTR, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GROVE ES at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GROVE ES has showed little movement, going from 543 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 24% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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